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Grief as learning and change: Revelations from The Shack
Author(s) -
Morntountak Aliki
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
new horizons in adult education and human resource development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1939-4225
DOI - 10.1002/nha.20007
Subject(s) - transformational leadership , transformative learning , psychology , process (computing) , meaning (existential) , meaning making , focus (optics) , grief , social psychology , pedagogy , computer science , psychotherapist , physics , optics , operating system
The purpose of study was to explore the change process described in The Shack using Mezirow's (1997) phases of meaning‐making in transformational learning. Results suggest that transformational learning is a useful lens for examining the individual change process in the novel, and offers teaching opportunities in classes that explore personal and professional change in addition to courses that focus on adult learning theories and concepts.