Transformative Learning, Dialogue, and the Metaphor of Pilgrimage
Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 133F Erickson, 2:00 – 3:30pm
Recommended Readings:
Dirkx, J. (1997). Nurturing soul in adult learning. In P. Cranton (Ed.), Transformative learning in action: Insights from practice (pp. 79–88). San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass.
Dirkx, J. M., Mezirow, J., & Cranton, P. (2006). Musings and reflections on the meaning, context and process of transformative learning. Journal of Transformative Learning, 4, 123–139.
Formenti, L., & West, L. (2018). Transforming perspectives in lifelong learning and adult education: A dialogue. London: Palgrave Macmillan
Honneth, A. (2007). Disrespect: The normative foundations of critical theory. Cambridge: Polity.
Honneth, A. (2009). Pathologies of reason. New York: Columbia.
Tisdell, E. J. (2017). Transformative pilgrimage learning and spirituality on the Camino de Santiago: Making the way by walking. In A. Laros, T. Fuhr, & E. W. Taylor (Eds.), Transformative learning meets bildung (pp. 341–352). Rotterdam: Sense.
West, L. (1996). Beyond fragments: Adults, motivation and higher education. London: Taylor and Francis.
West, L. (2014, April). Transforming learning and the form that transforms: Towards a psychosocial theory of recognition using auto/biographical narrative research. Journal of Transformative Education, 12(2), 164–179.
West, L. (2016). Distress in the city: Racism, fundamentalism and a democratic education. London: Trentham.
Professionals and their Lifelong Learning: Auto/biographical and Psychosocial Perspectives
Wednesday April 24, 2019, 133F Erickson, 2:00 – 3:30pm
Recommended Readings:
Fook, J., Collington, V., Ross, F., Ruch, G., & West, L. (2016). Researching critical reflection, multi-disciplinary perspectives. London: Routledge
Formenti, L., & West, L. (2018). Transforming perspectives in lifelong learning and adult education: A dialogue. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Honneth, A. (2009). Pathologies of reason. New York: Columbia University Press.
Merrill, B., & West, L. (2009). Using biographical methods in social research. London: Sage
Reid, H., & West, L. R. (2011). Telling tales: Using narrative in career guidance. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 78(2), 174–183.
Reid, H., & West, L. (2011). Struggling for space: Narrative methods and the crisis of professionalism in career guidance in England. British Journal of Guidance & Counseling, 39(5), 397–410.
Reid, H., & West, L. (2018). Connecting big and intimate worlds: Using an auto/biographical research imagination in career guidance. In T. Hooley, R. Sultana, & R. Thomsen (Eds.), Career guidance for social justice: Contesting neo-liberalism (pp. 227–240). Routledge.
Reid, H., & West, L. R. (2014). Telling tales: Do narrative approaches for career counselling count? In G. Arulmani, A. Bakshi, F. Leong, & A. Watts (Eds.), Handbook of career development: International perspectives (pp. 413–430). Dordrecht: Springer.
West, L. (2001). Doctors on the edge: Healing and learning in the inner city. London: FABooks.
West, L. (2016) Distress in the city: Racism, fundamentalism and a democratic education. London: Trentham Books. Recommended Readings for Sessions with Dr. Linden West
Workshop — Learning from Our Lives: Auto/biographical Narrative Enquiry
Friday, April 26, 2019, 252 Erickson, 9am – 4pm
Recommended Readings:
Allison, E. (2017). Observing the observer: Freud and the limits of empiricism. British Journal of Psychotherapy, 33(1), 93–104.
Andrews, M. (2007). Shaping history: Narratives of political change. Cambridge: University Press
Chapman Hoult, C. (2012). Adult learning and la Recherche Féminine: Reading resilience and Hélène Cixous. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Dominice, P. (2000). Learning from our lives: Using educational biographies with adults. San Francisco: Jossey- Bass.
Formenti, L., & West, L. (2018). Transforming perspectives on lifelong learning and adult education: A dialogue. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Fraser, W. (2017). Seeking wisdom in adult teaching and learning. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Goodley, D., Lawthom, R., Clough, P., & Moore, M. (2004). Researching life stories: Method, theory and analyses in a biographical age. London: Routledge Falmer.
Merrill, B., & West, L. (2009). Using biographical methods in social research. London: Sage
Plummer, K. (2001). Documents of life 2: An invitation to critical humanism. London: Sage Publishers.
Stanley, L. (1992). The auto/biographical I: Theory and practice of feminist auto/biography. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Steedman, C. (1986). Landscape for a good woman. A story of two lives. London: Virago
West, L. (2016). Distress in the city: Racism, fundamentalism, and a democratic education. London: Trentham/IOE Books.