Transformative Learning for a New Worldview

M. G. JACKSON spent two decades as an agricultural scientist and another two decades as an environmental educator. He participated in a pioneering effort to create a locally-relevant, community-based course for rural schools in the mountainous region of North India. He is an active participant in the global debate on sustainability.

• Preface PART 1: TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING IN CONTEMPORARY GLOBAL CULTURE Introduction Contradictions, Incoherence and Confusion Learning to Think Differently Atoms, People and Other Things The Laws of Nature A Flawed System of Ideas Alternative Assumptions A Return to the Perennial Questions Toward a New Cultural Model PART 2: TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING IN POST-COLONIAL SOCIETIES Transform, Reform, Reaffirm PART 3: TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING IN PRACTICE Secure their Foundations Appendices Bibliography Index