Submission Purpose
Main Conference
Type of Paper
Paper: Theorizing from the literature
Abstract
Based on a critical review of the literature, this paper explores the imaginative contribution emotions make to self-understanding and how it compliments the view of emotion as a form of cognition in adult learning.
Keywords
emotion in adult learning; self-understanding; transformative learning
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Recommended Citation
Dirkx, J.,
&
Espinoza, B.
(2017).
From Cognition to the Imaginal: Fostering Self-Understanding from and through Emotions in Adult Learning.
Adult Education Research Conference.
https://newprairiepress.org/aerc/2017/papers/26
From Cognition to the Imaginal: Fostering Self-Understanding from and through Emotions in Adult Learning
Based on a critical review of the literature, this paper explores the imaginative contribution emotions make to self-understanding and how it compliments the view of emotion as a form of cognition in adult learning.
