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Transformative Learning And Identity In A Re-Entry Job Skills Program, Edward Raymond Janairo May 2024

Transformative Learning And Identity In A Re-Entry Job Skills Program, Edward Raymond Janairo

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This study investigated the nature of transformative learning experiences as qualitative shifts in identity by employing a basic interpretative qualitative methodology using data from semi-structured interviews with eight participants in a re-entry job skills program, that is, with participants in a program that was designed to aid them with their re-entry into society. This study explored the nature of these learning experiences through the transformative learning theoretical framework articulated by Illeris (2014). The findings supported Illeris’ conceptualization of transformation and contributed to the explication of key concepts in his theory including regressive transformative learning, and identity as situated in three …