Efforts to Transform Learning and Learners: The First Decade of an Innovative Doctoral Program

Theoretical Framework Transformative learning is a critical aspect of the doctoral program and the focus of this study. Other perspectives enfolded within the program and contextual to this study include community of learners, critical reflection, and praxis. Jack Mezirow (1978, 1981, 2000) is credited with introducing the theory of transformative learning to the field of adult education in the late 1970s (Taylor, 2008). Although higher...