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1Hiba Zafran, PhD, is Occupational Therapist and Psychotherapist, Assistant Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, and Curriculum Developer, Indigenous Health Professions Program, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; hiba.zafran@mcgill.ca.
Summary
This study conceptualizes transformative learning in occupational therapy using narrative phenomenology. It highlights experiential, meaning-based practices like scenes, emplotment, and embodied metaphors for critical healthcare education.
Area of Science:
- Occupational therapy education
- Health professions education
- Transformative learning theory
Background:
- Transformative learning is crucial for critical occupational therapy, involving worldview shifts.
- Cognitive theories inadequately address the experiential aspects of transformation.
- Occupational therapy professional reasoning offers insights into experiential learning.
Purpose of the Study:
- To conceptualize transformative learning through narrative phenomenology in occupational therapy.
- To identify and define key concepts for a transformative pedagogy.
- To explore experiential and meaning-based practices as signature pedagogies.
Main Methods:
- Utilizes narrative phenomenology to examine transformative learning.
- Draws on occupational therapy professional reasoning research.
- Defines and illustrates concepts: scenes, emplotment, embodied metaphors.
Main Results:
- Conceptualizes transformative learning as inherently experiential and meaning-oriented.
- Identifies "scenes," "emplotment," and "embodied metaphors" as pedagogical tools.
- Demonstrates how these concepts facilitate shifts in values and identity.
Conclusions:
- Narrative phenomenology provides a framework for understanding experiential transformative learning in occupational therapy.
- Experiential, meaning-based practices are vital for critical occupational therapy education.
- This approach offers valuable pedagogical strategies for health care educators.
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