Kris Acheson-Clair has graciously added to the HubICL the materials that she uses when teaching undergraduates about Transformative Learning Theory. In this post, you will find a complete HubICL Course on the theory, along with materials to use in your own classroom.

Using the field of international education (IE) as a case study, this article leverages findings from the assessment of TL in IE to illustrate overall strengths and limitations of TL assessment instruments and techniques within the larger arc of TL theory.

Pang, G., Cox, R. C., Acheson-Clair, K. (2023). Assessing Transformative Learning in International Education: Critiques and New Directions Based on a Systematic Review of Literature. https://hubicl.org/publications/187/1

Acheson-Clair, K., Dirkx, J., Wiley, J., Ullom, C., Kapadia, S., & Bhuyan, D. (Accepted, forthcoming 2024). Assessing transformation of the self in high impact learning: Methodological considerations. In C. Shealy (Ed.), Cultivating the globally sustainable self: How the human species might fulfill its potential. Oxford University Press.

From the abstract: "In this article, we summarize the theoretical crosswalk between Hoggan and the BEVI, offer statistical evidence of construct validity for the BEVI as a measure of TL, and provide guidance for interpreting TL scores."

Wiley, J. L., Wiley, K. R., Intolubbe-Chmil, L., Bhuyan, D., & Acheson, K. (2021). A new depth-based quantitative approach to assessing Transformative Learning. The Journal of Transformative Education, special issue on Assessing Transformative Learning.

From the abstract: "...this article leverages findings from the assessment of [Transformative Learning] TL in [International Education] IE to illustrate overall strengths and limitations of TL assessment instruments and techniques within the larger arc of TL theory."

Acheson, K., Dirkx, J., & Shealy, C. (2022). High impact learning in higher education. In E. Kostara, A. Gavrielatos, and D. Loads (Eds.), Transformative learning theory and praxis: New perspectives and possibilities. Taylor & Francis. Chapter 11.

Acheson, K., Dirkx, J. M., & Shealy, C. N. (2022). High impact learning in higher education: Operationalizing the self-constructive outcomes of transformative learning theory. In Transformative Learning Theory and Praxis (pp. 172-196). Routledge.

Editors' introduction is at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/15413446211045158

Acheson, K. & Dirkx, J. (Eds.). (2021). Special issue: Assessing transformative learning. Journal of Transformative Education, 19(4). https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/jtda/19/4.