(b) differentiating, (c) permeable, (d) critically reflective, and (e) integrative of experience”(Mezirow 1996, p. 163). Although less common it can occur either through a series of cumulative transformed meaning schemes or as a result of an acute personal or social crisis, for example, a death of a significant other, divorce, a natural disaster, a debilitating accident, war, job loss, or retirement. Often these experiences are stressful and painful and can threaten the very core of one’existence (Mezirow…
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