Complex sentence: Transformative learning theory came out of Mezirow's earlier theory of perspective transformation (Mezirow, 1975,1978), which he saw as the same concept as Freire's "conscientization" and Habermas's "emancipatory action" domain of learning.
Split into simpler sentences: Transformative learning theory came out of Mezirow's earlier theory of perspective transformation (Mezirow, 1975,1978). Mezirow saw perspective transformation as the same concept as Freire's "conscientization" and Habermas's "emancipatory action" domain of learning.