Learning as Transformation: Critical Perspectives on a Theory in Progress.

Learning as Transformation: Critical Perspectives on a Theory in Progress. Jack Mezirow & Associates. San Francisco, CA, Jossey-Bass Inc Publishers, 2000, hardback, 358 pp, $42. Some of the greatest challenges in preparing physical therapist students for autonomous practice are in the area of professionalism. How do we help students recognize and develop the necessary values and behaviors that uphold our commitment to serve diverse groups of patients with genuine compassion and respect? A text on teaching and learning in adult education provides some intriguing possibilities. Learning as Transformation is a collaborative text, coming out of the first National Conference on Transformative Learning in April…