Transformative learning through creative life writing : exploring the self in the learning process / / elia Hunt

• Autore: Hunt Celia
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Edizione: 1st edition
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
• Disciplina: 808/.042071
• Soggetto topico: Creative writing - Study and teaching; Transformative learning; Self in literature
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Transformative Learning through Creative Life Writing; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 Creative life writing for personal and professional development; PART I Stories of transformative change; 2 Expanding the psyche through the learning process; 3 Finding a stance as a writer: Simon's story; 4 Reconnecting with the felt body for writing and learning: Maria's story; 5 Re-conceptualising the self in time: Susanna's story; PART II Understanding mechanisms of change in transformative learning; 6 Reflexivity and the psyche as a dynamic system ; 7 Vicissitudes of the dynamic psyche and their consequences for learning and creativityPART III Facilitating transformative change through creative life writing; 8 Developing reflexivity through creative life writing; 9 Reflexivity and group process; 10 Reflection and reflexivity; PART IV Implications for adult learning; 11 Challenges of transformative learning through creative life writing; 12 Is transformative learning a form of therapeutic education?; Conclusion; Appendix by Christine Cohen Park: The Cohen Park Exercises; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Arising from a research project conducted over two years, Transformative Learning through Creative Life Writing examines the effects of fictional autobiography on adult learners' sense of self. Starting from a teaching and learning perspective, Hunt draws together ideas from psychodynamic psychotherapy, literary and learning theory, and work in the cognitive and neurosciences of the self and consciousness, to argue that creative life writing undertaken in a supportive learning environment, alongside opportunities for critical reflection, has the power to transform the way people think and lear
• Titolo autorizzato: Transformative learning through creative life writing
• ISBN: 1-136-73402-3; 0-415-57842-6; 1-136-73403-1; 0-203-81813-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786951603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II