Transformative learning in Korean workers' political practice
Subtitle: life history of four Korean labor activists
By: by Sukkyu Kim.
Published: 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9780494157268
Subjects: Political activists -- Korea.; Employee rights -- Korea.; Working class --  Korea -- Political activity.; Working class -- Education -- Korea,
Description: Based on the tradition of critical pedagogy (e.g., Paulo Freire), I define transformative learning to mean the process of developing emancipatory identities through engagement in political and cultural practice. Political and cultural practice develops human beings' identities through the process of mastering and improvising cultural artifacts, such as tools, discourses, and narratives. The theory of learning-in-practice, which originates in Russian Marxist psychologists, such as Lev Vygotsky and Mikhail Bahktin, allow me to understand Korean workers' learning experiences accomplished through their life-long participation in political and cultural practice. Analyzing the life history of four Korean labor activists, I used Vygotskyan concepts (e.g., Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger's concept: community of practice) and Bahktinian concepts (e.g., Dorothy Holland's concept: inner dialogue). In the end, I demonstrate not only how transformative learning (development of integrative working class identity) has been accomplished in the workers' political practice, but also how much the learning results could also be progressive and holistic with the potential to change their mind, body, and soul altogether.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-06, Section: A, page: 2015.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 334-[343]).