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What is Disorienting Dilemma

Chapter 7
Handbook of Research on Digital Information Technologies: Innovations, Methods, and Ethical Issues
Within a perspective transformation, a disorienting dilemma is the catalyst for perspective transformation. Dilemmas usually occur when people have experiences that do not fit their expectations or make sense to them and they cannot resolve the situations without some change in their views of the world.
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One to One Computing and Teacher Transformation
Andrew Kitchenham (University of Northern British Columbia, Canada)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-970-0.ch007
Abstract
This chapter outlines a recent study on 1:1 computing and teacher transformation. It begins with an introduction to the theoretical framework of transformative learning and an overview of the professional literature dealing with 1:1 computing and teacher transformation. The study is then outlined, including the sampling procedures, participant background, and methodologies used. The remainder of the chapter presents the findings and conclusions related to the central theme of whether 1:1 computing transforms teachers. The chapter concludes with implications for the future.
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Chapter 10
Synthesis and Application of Transformative Learning in Nonprofit Management
An experience of crisis that causes an individual to question their assumptions and leads to a transformation.
Published in Chapter: Synthesis and Application of Transformative Learning in Nonprofit Management; From: Implementing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Management in Organizational Change Initiatives
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Examining Adult Learning Assumptions and Theories in Technology-Infused Communities and Professions
The IGI Global website states that a disorienting dilemma is experience of crisis/new information that causes an individual to question their values, beliefs or assumptions and leads to transformation.
Published in Chapter: Examining Adult Learning Assumptions and Theories in Technology-Infused Communities and Professions; From: Handbook of Research on Andragogical Leadership and Technology in a Modern World
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Chapter 7
Moving Toward a Third Generation of Medical Education: Integrating Transformational Learning Principles in Health Professions Education
Occurs when an individual is provided with or experiences disconfirming evidence that offers an alternative perspective and causes this individual to question deeply held beliefs.
Published in Chapter: Moving Toward a Third Generation of Medical Education: Integrating Transformational Learning Principles in Health Professions Education; From: Handbook of Research on Transdisciplinary Knowledge Generation
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Fostering Change, Transforming Learning: Pedagogical Approaches to Carceral Education
An experience in which one's expectations are disrupted, requiring a reconsideration of the conditions that gave rise to the experience and the self-engaged in the experience.
Published in Chapter: Fostering Change, Transforming Learning: Pedagogical Approaches to Carceral Education; From: Higher Education Accessibility Behind and Beyond Prison Walls
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Chapter 188
Laptops and Teacher Transformation
Within a perspective transformation, a disorienting dilemma is the catalyst for perspective transformation. Dilemmas usually occur when people have experiences that do not fit their expectations or make sense to them and they cannot resolve the situations without some change in their views of the world.
Published in Chapter: Laptops and Teacher Transformation; From: Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
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Chapter 128
Transformative Learning
An experience within which a current understanding is found to be insufficient or incorrect and the learner struggles with the resulting conflict of views. Such experiences often are those to which learners point as the beginning of the process of questioning their understanding and views and entering the transformative learning process ( Mezirow, 1991 ). This disorienting dilemma is also sometimes descriptively referred to as creating a state of “disequilibrium” for the learner.
Published in Chapter: Transformative Learning; From: Encyclopedia of Human Resources Information Systems: Challenges in e-HRM
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Who Am I as a Healthcare Provider?: Identity and Transformative Learning in Virtual Environments
The catalyst for perspective transformation, dilemmas usually occur when people have experiences that do not fit their expectations or make sense to them and they cannot resolve the situations without some change in their views of the world.
Published in Chapter: Who Am I as a Healthcare Provider?: Identity and Transformative Learning in Virtual Environments; From: Recent Advances in Applying Identity and Society Awareness to Virtual Learning
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Teaching for Critical Thinking
An unexpected event that leads to a critical reappraisal of assumptions.
Published in Chapter: Teaching for Critical Thinking; From: Handbook of Research on Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
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Learning with a Curve: Young Women's “Depression” as Transformative Learning
An incident or experience outside a person’s control that triggers transformation ( Mezirow, 1978 ). Critical reflection and transformation can happen all at once (“epochal” transformation), or gradually over time (“incremental” transformation) ( Mezirow, 2000 ).
Published in Chapter: Learning with a Curve: Young Women's “Depression” as Transformative Learning; From: Handbook of Research on Adult and Community Health Education: Tools, Trends, and Methodologies
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Teaching for Critical Thinking
An unexpected event that leads to a critical reappraisal of assumptions.
Published in Chapter: Teaching for Critical Thinking; From: Handbook of Research on Teaching and Learning in K-20 Education
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Teaching for Critical Thinking
An unexpected event that leads to a critical reappraisal of assumptions.
Published in Chapter: Teaching for Critical Thinking; From: Handbook of Research on Ethical Challenges in Higher Education Leadership and Administration
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Chapter 7
The Empowerment Dynamic Approach to Transformational Self-Directed Lifelong Learning
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Teaching Critical Thinking and the Role of Team Teaching
an event that takes students by surprise thus temporarily stimulating a new perspective on something or a desire to resolve some cognitive dissonance.
Published in Chapter: Teaching Critical Thinking and the Role of Team Teaching; From: Handbook of Research on Advancing Critical Thinking in Higher Education
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