Exploring My Experience Transformative Learning: Transformational Learning

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As a graduate student, tell us how you have personally experienced transformational learning. Please be specific and include how this has caused any changes to your educational philosophy or your approaches to teaching.
As a graduate student, transformative learning occurred for me when addressing my teaching philosophy as I critically assessed my assumptions, prior knowledge, and worldview. Throughout different courses in my graduate learning journey, I experienced challenges as I critically evaluated my role related to the contributions I desire to make compared to where I currently am in my career path. I began this journey with much trepidation but with a strong desire to teach. During my bachelor degree program, which occurred because …show more content…

The learning transformed my teaching style from being the star on the stage – talking (teaching) – to becoming more of a stage manager (behind-the-scenes). In the times that I have taught before becoming a graduate student (professional development courses & a college course), I did more talking than listening and controlling the classroom, based on fear and lack of knowledge I believe. My frame of reference, beliefs, and assumptions changed as a result of learning about myself as a learner, as a teacher and how these come together and have transformed how I intend to present material (Popovic & de Greef, 2014). As part of my transformational learning experience, I developed a greater appreciation for the energy and effort teachers put into structuring their teaching to facilitate student learning. Especially since over the 23 years of working in the classroom, I did not have a full understanding of all the considerations to take into account when teaching a group of students.
Tell us how critical reflection and self-awareness have been a factor in your learning experience. What are the strengths and weaknesses of your experiences with self-reflection and where would you do things differently if offered the

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