Open AccessReimagining OTR during COVID-19 through Transformative Practices
Author(s) -
Joseph Ratcliff,
Laura Galloway
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the journal of college orientation and transition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-4535
pISSN - 1534-2263
DOI - 10.24926/jcotr.v28i2.3769
Subject(s) - transformative learning , status quo , covid-19 , sociology , reflection (computer programming) , pedagogy , orientation (vector space) , institution , work (physics) , political science , engineering ethics , psychology , public relations , computer science , law , medicine , engineering , social science , mechanical engineering , geometry , mathematics , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , programming language
COVID-19 was a catalyst that provided orientation professionals the opportunity to reimagine their programs and challenge the status quo. AUTHOR INSTITUTION utilized Mezirow’s (1991) transformative learning framework and concepts from Davies’s (2017) work on transitional justice in education to make impactful programmatic changes. Through the process of truth telling, critical reflection, and addressing failures, this article provides an example of applying scholarly frameworks to in-person and virtual orientation programs over the course of three orientation cycles to ensure each program is more equitable and student centered than the past.