Essays on My Teachers

Question 1. Identify one important concept or idea that you learned while viewing the short clip. The Ted talk by Drew Dudley clarifies that leadership is not a learned behaviour; rather leadership can be witnessed in everyday life in the smallest instances. Dudley talks about his personal experience of influencing a young girl without even knowing that his actions would have a lasting impact on her life. The clip identifies that leadership much more than what people learn through books, and the concept and its practice needs to be celebrated as it helps in improving other people’s lives ( ...

<Course> It is a fact that who we are today is a result of multiple influences, which include influences from different social factors (e.g., economy, education, religion, family, and many others). Personally, sociology in my everyday life has shaped the major decision that I made in the past. Specifically, my motivation to continue my studies and the faith that I hold have been highly influenced by several social forces that surround me. First of all, my motivation to continue my studies have been highly influenced by my family, especially my mother. Growing up, I have seen how my ...

Introduction

Transformative learning, unlike traditional learning, empowers students to re-define the meaning of their experiences. It sets aside meandering assumptions and voodoo rules to explore one's capabilities, new roles, and responsibilities. While critical self-reflection is the essence of transformational learning, rational discourse is the method that empowers the learner to go through the required transformation. This paper is an exercise to reflect on a personal learning experience through the lenses of various tenets, principles, and practices of transformative learning. While I narrate my experience in detail, viewing and reflecting it through the concepts of transformative theory strengthens my knowledge about ...