Inspired Learning: 50 Insights from Personal Transformative Learning Journeys

The Wabash Center

Author: Sims, Jeanetta D.; Cunliff, Ed; Dore, eds.
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781086834277
Table of Contents: PART I: Coming to Learn: Cultivating a "No-Gritch" Mentality
Ch 1. Watch the Road Signs: Everyone is a Potential Guide to Learning (Anita Glee Bertram)
Ch 2. From a Factory Worker to a University Professor: A Transformative Journey of Learning and Teaching (Wei R. Chen)
Ch 3. Rhythm, Movement, and Patterns: How a Love of Dance Stimulated a Love of Learning (Jeanetta D. Sims)
Ch 4. The Inside/Outside Sources for Learning and Teaching (Gladys Lewis)
Ch 5. A Comfort with Uncertainty (John F. Barthell)
Ch 6. Challenge or Contentment (Tess Remy-Shumacher)
Ch 7. A Long and Winding Road: A Teaching Journey (Cheryl B. Frech)
Ch 8. A Journey of an International Student in an American University (Mohamed Bingabr)

PART II: You and Others: Without "We" There is Little Learning
Ch 9. How I Learned to Study for Success (Robert Terrell)
Ch 10. It's People that Make the Difference (Robert Doan)
Ch 11. Don't Burst My Bubble (Tawni Holmes)
Ch 12. A Growing Passion for Learning About the Family: A Personal Journey (Kaye Sears)
Ch 13. The Man from Borneo andn the Consummate Explainer (Matthew Hollrah)
Ch 14. Learning is the Thing for You (Christy Vincent)

PART III: Questioning Upside Down and Backwards: Thinking Differently About Learning
Ch 15. Reframing the "Aha!" Moment (Daniel Vincent)
Ch 16. How Reading a Book Prevented the Extinction of a Dinosaur (David Bass)
Ch 17. The Transformational Dreams of a Warrior of Luminosity (Wayne Stein)
Ch 18. A Strategic Nautilus Model and Innovative Toolbox (Joselina Cheng)
Ch 19. The Personal is Pedagogical: Speaking "Out" in the Classroom (J. David Macey)
Ch 20. On Being a Cross-Cultural Learner in Poland (J. Kole Kleeman)
Ch 21. Roots, Branches, Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds: My Transformation into a Botanist and Teacher (Gloria Caddell)
Ch 22. Take the Next Step: Opportunities for Growth (Luis Montes)
Ch 23. The Transformational Nature of Emotions and Education (Laura Bolf-Beliveau)

Collective Wisdom

References

Index

About the Editors

For those who wrestle with transformative learning or who need help breaking down the myths of learning, Inspired Learning offers 50 insights from the personal stories and experiences of award-winning professors. Through sharing personal vulnerabilities, adversities, and triumphs, distinguished educators illuminate the often uneasy and challenging path to learning. Drawn from perspectives across multiple disciplines, brief essays probe race, culture, and identity while inviting readers to consider and re-consider their own transformative journeys in engaging and personal accounts.From suggestions for connecting with mentors and taking advice from others to lessons on valuing failure and developing curiosity, this book grants readers permission to develop their own identity as learners - whether they are new to a college setting or experienced faculty members. Inspired Learning questions what it means to be a learner and offers how an open-minded environment can be beneficial and instructive for transformative learning. (From the Publisher)

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