Transformative Learning and Experience

This paper explores experience that is both misconstrued and under theorized in adult education. Human expressed the public sphere as motivation for social political change. The connections among experience, sphere, democracy are identified. allies exploring role of education John Dewey Jack Mezirow's transformation theory their understanding a basis outlining more critical theory-inspired reconstruction experience. work Oskar Negt on will be starting point engaging re-thinking way better aspects transformative learning. author concludes with brief presentation sociological imagination key to developing pedagogy Hannah Arendt's provides thread woven through paper.