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The Contribution of Aesthetic Experience in Transformative Learning and Bildung

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My purpose in writing this paper is to identify the convergence between transformative learning theory and theories of Bildung, while exploring the way in which aesthetic experience—a notion understood as critical observation of works of art—may contribute to educational processes that are unfolded within these two theoretical frameworks.

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  1. School of Humanities, Eλληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο (Hellenic Open University), Greece

    Alexis Kokkos

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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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Kokkos, A. (2017). The Contribution of Aesthetic Experience in Transformative Learning and Bildung. 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_27

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