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Sustaining Collective Transformative Learning

Informal Learning and Revisions

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Transformative Learning Meets Bildung

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In this essay, I attempt to present a coherent meaning of collective transformative learning and examine how and why collective transformative learning (CTL) occurred from African religious beliefs to Christian beliefs among the people in the south of Nigeria, and what supported the process.

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  1. Department of Adult Education and Lifelong Learning, Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

    Olutoyin Mejiuni

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  1. School of Education, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland

    Anna Laros

  2. Freiburg University of Education, Germany

    Thomas Fuhr

  3. Penn State University – Harrisburg, USA

    Edward W. Taylor

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Mejiuni, O. (2017). Sustaining Collective Transformative Learning. In: Laros, A., Fuhr, T., Taylor, E.W. (eds) Transformative Learning Meets Bildung. International Issues in adult Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-797-9_17

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