Transformative Learning Theory: The importance of Planetary Consciousness Erin L. Bonilla Prescott College Abstract Transformative learning theory provides a unique perspective on education through realization, reflection, discourse, and active pursuit of change. This process requires significant effort for the individual and requires deep critical reflection into personal belief systems, inflicted views from childhood, and questioning knowledge. The presented literature explores the origins of
about it is assumed and known that broadcasting and media writings are done in a humanities perspective;
relevant to humanity today. Amongst the essay’s careful construction, strong opinions and clear perspectives evoke in the reader the urge to agree, ponder and question hooks’ thoughts to form their own response. The reader is informed of hooks’ experiences in her journey of life as a member of a proletarian society of a black community. It, along with compelling emotive language also enables the reader to see through her lenses into her intention of the text, which is the importance of staying rooted
Theme Three: The importance of the message The final theme that I connected with in regards to my spiritual journey is the notion that the religious and spiritual doctrine and tradition is not of significance; one need consider the message contained within these in order to develop and assess meaning in their life. Mackay draws attention to the phenomena that one will see, or not see, what best suits them, “the ‘eye of faith’ sees things more than skeptical people might miss, while skeptics see
Kite Runner” by Marc Forster, and the memoir “Chinese Dancing- Bendigo Style” by Joo-Inn Chew, each text revealing emotional and spiritual awakenings resultant of the discovery process. In “The Tempest”, Shakespeare explores the power of experience and reflection to challenge one’s perceptions and invoke emotional and spiritual discoveries within the metaphorical transgressive free space of the island. He is therefore able to explore the disjunction between art and reality, as Prospero’s eventual
Good morning and welcome to the number 1 radio show, The Beat Goes On, I am your host, Caleb Argent, and today we will be going on a journey of reflection as we analysis the power words have in evoking human emotion through poems and modern songs alike. Poetry has been motivating, inspiring and inviting people to reflect on themselves for centuries. It has made people look back on the errors of their ways and come to terms with their mistakes. Poetry has the power to do all this because of the way
often shape their work around the prism of their own experiences to allow the audience to understand the composer 's perception of the world. To achieve this they employ the use of various language techniques, as seen in The Road (Cormac McCarthy), City Of Glass (Paul Auster) and 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick). Cormac McCarthy wrote The Road to represent his experiences in a post 9/11 world, where he witnessed the violent nature of humanity both during the attacks as well as in the reactionary
Africa, Cuba and Brazil where she encountered a challenge to sociocultural anthropology as she saw a transition from her using an objective model to a moral model. She has calls for an ethically grounded, militant anthropology because she sees the importance of being fully involved in one’s own research rather than just simply being an observer. According to Hughes, acting primarily as a witness does not allow you to fully understand what you’re studying and reduces the “subject” to “objects”. Her approach
White, after 1988 the U.K. national curriculum had established two principal aims for grammar/secondary schools, namely the promotion of spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of their pupils, and their preparation for future experiences, opportunities, and responsibilities associated with adult life (2003, p. 2). The beginning of the 21st century has registered a strong emphasis on cultivating the values that stand at the root of society, based on valuing ourselves, our families
universally misrepresented characters in literature; in popular culture, the monster is known as an evil, soulless killer. However, in Frankenstein, he is revealed to have human emotions, the capability for compassion, and initially good intentions; his experiences in human society turned him into a true monster. When Frankenstein meets his monster, the monster reveals himself to be human in nearly every way. However, his alarming appearance makes it impossible to fit into society. Because his outward appearance