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A Case Study of Transformative Learning of College English Teachers

Author : Wenbo Zhao

Published in: Big Data Analytics for Cyber-Physical System in Smart City

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

The paper explores the transformative learning of three college English teachers. The study was conducted to understand how transformative learning contributed to their teaching and researching competences and their ways of thinking. The reflective journals, interviews and classroom observation were used to clarify the phases of their transformative learning and identify the outcomes of their transformative learning.

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Metadata
Title
A Case Study of Transformative Learning of College English Teachers
Author
Wenbo Zhao
Copyright Year
2021
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Book
Big Data Analytics for Cyber-Physical System in Smart City

Print ISBN: 978-981-334-573-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-334-572-0

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4572-0_154

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