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Recent trends in adult learning theory indicate that awareness of the sociocultural contexts of the learner, the multidimensional aspects of learning beyond the cognitive, and the role power plays in the learning process are emerging lines of inquiry (Merriam, 2008; Petit, 2010) while transformative learning continues to be a popular trend in adult education (Cranton, 2006).
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Hoffman, B.A. (2016). Through the Lens of Transformative Learning. In: Butterwick, S., Roy, C. (eds) Working the Margins of Community-Based Adult Learning. International Issues in Adult Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-483-1_6
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