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Transformative Learning and Empathy Politics: Adult Learning and the Mitigation of Conflict

Transformative Learning and Empathy Politics: Adult Learning and the Mitigation of Conflict

Marianne Robin Russo, Viktor Wang
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781522509882|ISBN10: 1522509887|EISBN13: 9781522509899
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0988-2.ch022
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Russo, Marianne Robin, and Viktor Wang. "Transformative Learning and Empathy Politics: Adult Learning and the Mitigation of Conflict." Violence and Society: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 386-405. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0988-2.ch022

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Russo, M. R. & Wang, V. (2017). Transformative Learning and Empathy Politics: Adult Learning and the Mitigation of Conflict. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Violence and Society: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 386-405). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0988-2.ch022

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Russo, Marianne Robin, and Viktor Wang. "Transformative Learning and Empathy Politics: Adult Learning and the Mitigation of Conflict." In Violence and Society: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 386-405. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0988-2.ch022

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Abstract

Transformative learning theory can create an emancipatory effect for the learner. Therefore, this chapter focuses on how the public can transform their own learning in a more empathetic manner and in a less desensitized manner to become the catalyst for positive change and the mitigation of death or war-related health issues that follow. The research focuses on how to help others and ourselves regarding an empathic learning path, which can bridge health, adult, and transformative learning in order to assist the public in turning their attention toward Vietnam vets. A framework of Freire, Mezirow, Piaget, Kohlberg, and Noddings is garnered so the public may be able to put pressure on politicians to conjure the idea of empathy politics, or one away from aggressive acts and towards the trajectory of diplomacy.

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