<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper looks at blogging by academics and argues that there is a niche role for an academic blog informed by principles of transformative learning. I begin by describing my experiences of blogging, first, as a reader while carrying out my own doctoral research, next, as a teacher introducing blogs to my students, then as a writer of my own journal blog. I suggest that transformative learning principles provide a frame of reference for understanding these experiences, in particular, by offering an idea of autonomy which puts subjective experience in social contexts. I then suggest that academics interested in transformative learning might learn a more engaging style of writing from bloggers.</p></abstract>

This paper looks at blogging by academics and argues that there is a niche role for an academic blog informed by principles of transformative learning. I begin by describing my experiences of blogging, first, as a reader while carrying out my own doctoral research, next, as a teacher introducing blogs to my students, then as a writer of my own journal blog. I suggest that transformative learning principles provide a frame of reference for understanding these experiences, in particular, by offering an idea of autonomy which puts subjective experience in social contexts. I then suggest that academics interested in transformative learning might learn a more engaging style of writing from bloggers.

How ideas of transformative learning can inform academic blogging

Centre for Education Studies, Room B1.39, Social Science Building, University of Warwick, UK

International Journal for Transformative Research

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This paper looks at blogging by academics and argues that there is a niche role for an academic blog informed by principles of transformative learning. I begin...

How ideas of transformative learning can inform academic blogging

Published Online: Aug 06, 2016

Page range: 33 - 40

Received: Apr 01, 2016

Accepted: Jun 01, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ijtr-2016-0006

Keywords
Blogging, Freire, Mezirow, Literacy, transformative learning

© 2016 Michael Hammond, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

How ideas of transformative learning can inform academic blogging

Published Online: Aug 06, 2016

Page range: 33 - 40

Received: Apr 01, 2016

Accepted: Jun 01, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ijtr-2016-0006

KeywordsBlogging, Freire, Mezirow, Literacy, transformative learning

© 2016 Michael Hammond, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Blogging, Freire, Mezirow, Literacy, transformative learning