Teaching is the art of sharing knowledge, fostering critical thinking, developing imagination, and helping students to transform challenges into opportunities. In recent years, transformative education has become highly prioritized, emphasizing the role of value-based understanding and a growth mindset. From your perspective, what are the components of transformative teaching?
Interesting and always crucial question.
I am tempted to reply with the theory of Hargreaves and Fink (2000). A reform, or any attempt to transform teaching, needs to satisfy three conditions
It should have length, which means it should aim to long-lasting outcomes.
It should have depth, which means to tackle foundamental ideas of teaching.
It should have width, which means to tackle various dimensions of teaching or school work.
Otherwise, it risks being superficial with limited impact on teaching and school functions.
Hargreaves, A., & Fink, D. (2000). The Three Dimensions of Reform. Educational leadership, 57(7), 30-33.
This is an answer to the question, "What are the components of Transformational Teaching?"
The components of Transformational teaching are:
1. Creating a safe learning environment for the student where the student will be free from the fear of being ridiculed by his peers or the teacher.
2. Encouraging students to actively participate in the class by allowing them to voice their opinions, challenge ideas, and think critically, instead of passively listening to the teacher.
3. By encouraging collaborative learning creating groups and assigning tasks and discouraging competitiveness.
While I am sure there is a specific theory of transformative teaching, I must admit that I am not aware of it. However, I am a former dean of a college of education at a major university and also a recipient of the highest teaching award given by that university many years before becoming dean. With that said, I have a simple approach to teaching that has been transforming for my students over the years. It has three stages, tell them, show them, and then have them demonstrate to you that they can do it or know it.
Dönüştürücü öğretim, yalnızca bilgiyi aktarmak değil, aynı zamanda öğrenenin içsel dünyasında etik, estetik ve varoluşsal bir sarsıntı yaratabilme cesaretidir. Bu yaklaşımda öğretmen; bir “bilgi aktarıcısı” değil, bir “ontolojik rehber”dir. Dolayısıyla bana göre dönüştürücü öğretimin temel bileşenleri şunlardır:
Sonuç olarak, dönüştürücü öğretim pedagojik değil, ontolojik bir eylem biçimidir. Bu yaklaşımda öğrenme; bilgi kazanımı değil, bir benlik yeniden doğumudur.
The framework for enabling transformational teaching in classrooms suggested @James and @Aedla are both helpful. The difficulty of providing such teaching comes when education systems merely pay lip-service to such individualisation, and do not provide the teacher education, classroom resources and assessment formats that enable teachers to provide it.
Transformative teaching goes beyond traditional instruction by fostering deep, meaningful learning experiences. It includes key elements such as empathy, which builds trust and connection; critical reflection, which encourages students to question assumptions; and active engagement, which promotes participation and curiosity. Value-based learning helps students develop ethical awareness and social responsibility, while a growth mindset empowers them to view challenges as opportunities. Together, these components create a learning environment that not only builds knowledge but also inspires personal and intellectual growth.
Thank you all for sharing your valuable insights. Each dimension of teaching demonstrates the humanistic and enlightening essence of pedagogical sciences, their value-based nature, and empathetic expressions. Teaching is interrelated with psychology, philosophy, aesthetics, and other disciplines, which enriches learning and gives it existential weight.
Components of Transformative Teaching (Briefly)
Transformative teaching aims to bring about a fundamental shift in a learner's perspective of the world, rather than just adding new information. Here are the core components summarized:
* Disorienting Dilemma: A situation or experience that challenges a learner's deeply held assumptions, prompting them to question what they previously believed.
* Critical Reflection: A deep examination of one's own assumptions and the influences that shaped them.
* Rational Discourse: Open discussions to evaluate new perspectives and gain diverse insights from others.
* Experience: Real-life experiences, especially those that trigger dilemmas, are powerful catalysts for transformation.
* Self-Examination with Feelings: Processing the emotions that arise during the change process.
* Recognition of Shared Experiences: Realizing that others share similar challenges or feelings.
Thank you for your insights. Transformative teaching should indeed foster critical thinking, analytical reasoning, and a reflective mindset, providing cognitive flexibility and enhanced psychological understanding to students.
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