"Transformation in meaning perspective is precipitated by life’s dilemmas which cannot be resolved by simply acquiring more information, enhancing problem solving skills or adding to one’s competencies. Resolution of these dilemmas and transforming our meaning perspectives require that we become critically aware of the fact that we are caught in our own history and are re-living it and of the cultural and psychological assumptions which structure the way we see ourselves and others."
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Jack Mezirow
Jack Mezirow (1923 - September 24, 2014) was an American sociologist and Emeritus Professor of Adult and Continuing Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.
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