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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809615403321

Autore

Tennant Mark

Titolo

The learning self : understanding the potential for transformation / / Mark Tennant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, 2012

ISBN

1-118-20676-2

1-280-67318-4

9786613650115

1-118-20674-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

The Jossey-Bass Higher and adult education series

Classificazione

EDU002000

Disciplina

370.11/5

Soggetti

Transformative learning

Learning, Psychology of

Adult learning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Learning Self: Understanding the Potential for Transformation; Contents; Preface; About the Author; 1. Introduction; 2. The Authentic or Real Self; 3. The Autonomous Self; 4. The Repressed Self; 5. The Socially Constructed Self; 6. The Storied Self; 7. Knowing Oneself; 8. Controlling Oneself; 9. Caring for Oneself; 10. (Re)creating Oneself; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This new book from the award-winning author of Psychology and Adult Learning puts the spotlight on the kind of learning that brings about significant personal change. Tennant explores the techniques, processes, and practices educators can use to promote learning that leads to change and examines assumptions about self and identity, how we are formed, and our capacity for change.  Throughout the book, Tennant posits that individuals can be agents in their own self-formation and change by understanding and acting on the circumstances and forces that surround and shape them. Educat