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What is Reflective Discourse

Chapter 16
Handbook of Research on Virtual Workplaces and the New Nature of Business Practices
This is the use of dialogue to find “a common understanding and assessment of the justification of an interpretation or belief” ( Mezirow, 2001 , p. 10). In a group setting, participants challenge each other’s assumptions and negotiate alternative perspectives. Arguably, transformative learning cannot occur except in dialogue with one’s environment either in a group setting or in acting within the world.
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Using Cyberspace to Promote Transformative Learning Experiences and Consequently Democracy in the Workplace
William F. Ritke-Jones (Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, USA)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-893-2.ch016
Abstract
This chapter will explain transformative learning and its value and application to corporate training practices by promoting critical reflection on one’s “frames of reference.” This critical reflection can help one to challenge cultural and social assumptions, potentially leading the person to more democratic ways of thinking and behaving in the workplace. Cyberspace offers a unique and potentially powerful place to employ transformative learning practices, and along with explaining transformative learning, this chapter will explore how cyberspace can be used for this kind of learning. This chapter will also posit that new cyberspace environments such as Wiki’s and Second Life hold tremendous promise as transformative learning spaces because they invite small group collaboration.
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