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  2. Transformative learning - Wikipedia

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    Another definition of transformative learning was put forward by Edmund O'Sullivan: [25] Transformative learning involves experiencing a deep, structural shift in the basic premises of thought, feelings, and actions. It is a shift of consciousness that dramatically and irreversibly alters our way of being in the world.

  3. Von Neumann–Morgenstern utility theorem - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In decision theory, the von Neumann–Morgenstern ( VNM) utility theorem shows that, under certain axioms of rational behavior, a decision-maker faced with risky (probabilistic) outcomes of different choices will behave as if they are maximizing the expected value of some function defined over the potential outcomes at some specified ...

  4. The Educated Mind - Wikipedia

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    to realize the right of every individual to pursue his own educational curriculum through self-discovery ( Rousseau ). Student development drives knowledge and education is a psychological process. to Socialize the child - to homogenize children and ensure that they can fulfill a useful role in society, according to its values and beliefs. Egan ...

  5. Rationalist humanism - Wikipedia

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    Rationalist humanism, or rational humanism or rationalistic humanism, [1] is one of the strands of Age of Enlightenment. [2] It had its roots in Renaissance humanism, as a response to Middle Age religious integralism and obscurantism. [1] Rationalist humanism tradition includes Tocqueville and Montesquieu, and in the 19th century, Élie Halévy.

  6. Critical thinking - Wikipedia

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    Critical thinking is the analysis of available facts, evidence, observations, and arguments in order to form a judgement by the application of rational, skeptical, and unbiased analyses and evaluation. [ 1] The application of critical thinking includes self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, and self- corrective habits of the mind; [ 2 ...

  7. Dual process theory - Wikipedia

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    In psychology, a dual process theory provides an account of how thought can arise in two different ways, or as a result of two different processes. Often, the two processes consist of an implicit (automatic), unconscious process and an explicit (controlled), conscious process. Verbalized explicit processes or attitudes and actions may change ...

  8. Continuing education - Wikipedia

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    Continuing education is an all-encompassing term within a broad list of post-secondary learning activities and programs. The term is used mainly in the United States and Canada. Recognized forms of post-secondary learning activities within the domain include: degree credit courses by non-traditional students, non-degree career training, college ...

  9. ACT-R - Wikipedia

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    ACT-R (pronounced /ˌækt ˈɑr/; short for " Adaptive Control of Thought—Rational ") is a cognitive architecture mainly developed by John Robert Anderson and Christian Lebiere at Carnegie Mellon University. Like any cognitive architecture, ACT-R aims to define the basic and irreducible cognitive and perceptual operations that enable the ...