Disorienting dilemmas as a catalyst for transformative learning
pp. 85-95
in: Anna Laros, Thomas Führ, Edward W. Taylor (eds), Transformative learning meets Bildung, Berlin, Springer, 2017Abstract
Disorienting dilemmas are commonly seen as an integral part of transformative learning. Within Mezirow's model of an ideal-typical learning process, a disorienting dilemma represents the initiation of a transformative learning experience usually denoting a life crisis that triggers a questioning of assumptions, resulting in transformed beliefs (Taylor, 2000).