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Fostering transformative competencies: insights from Placemaking education

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Acknowledging the need for a pedagogical shift to address complex societal challenges, this study explores how interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary Placemaking education supports students in developing skills for transformative learning.
Rosanne van Wieringen, Tjerk Jan Schuitmaker-Warnaar   +1 more
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Jack Mezirow Transformative Learning in Islam: A Case Study of Micro-Credential Perceptions and Students' Lifelong Learning

Jurnal Progress
This research explores Jack Mezirow's transformative learning theory in the context of Islamic education. It focuses on the perception of micro-credentials and lifelong learning, aiming to provide a comprehensive understanding of these concepts in ...
Rahmat Lutfi Guefara, Robingun Suyud El Syam, Mohammad Ardin Suwadi   +2 more
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Transformative Learning Through Cultural Immersion

Northwest Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
This qualitative study explored avenues to increase students’ intercultural competence through transformative learning. School of Education graduate students and faculty from a small, private university traveled to Ecuador to participate in a cultural ...
Rebecca A. Addleman, Carol Jo Brazo, Tatiana Cevallos   +2 more
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Academic Visits as Transformative Learning Opportunities: The Case of Chinese Visiting Academics

SAGE Open, 2022
Cross-border academic visits by university faculty members are becoming prevalent globally. Unlike previous research, which has focused on the cross-cultural adaptation arising from the cross-border movement of people, we view scholars’ visiting ...
Xiantong Zhao, Xu Liu
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Rethinking plastic waste: innovations in enzymatic breakdown of oil‐based polyesters and bioplastics

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Plastic pollution remains a critical environmental challenge, and current mechanical and chemical recycling methods are insufficient to achieve a fully circular economy. This review highlights recent breakthroughs in the enzymatic depolymerization of both oil‐derived polyesters and bioplastics, including high‐throughput protein engineering, de novo ...
Elena Rosini, Nicolò Antonelli, Gianluca Molla   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enzymatic degradation of biopolymers in amorphous and molten states: mechanisms and applications

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This review explains how polymer morphology and thermal state shape enzymatic degradation pathways, comparing amorphous and molten biopolymer structures. By integrating structure–reactivity principles with insights from thermodynamics and enzyme engineering, it highlights mechanisms that enable efficient polymer breakdown.
Anđela Pustak, Aleksandra Maršavelski
wiley   +1 more source

International trends on transformative learning for urban sustainability

Discover Sustainability, 2023
It is widely assumed that transformative societal action is required to address the world's many sustainability challenges of today. This is especially true in an urban context, since urban sustainability may assist in improving the conditions of the ...
Walter Leal Filho, Luciana Londero Brandli, Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis, Diogo Guedes Vidal, Arminda Paço, Vanessa Levesque, Amanda Lange Salvia, Valerija Kozlova, Lucas Veiga Ávila, Barbara Fritzen, Ismaila Rimi Abubakar, Paul Pace   +11 more
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Applicability of mitotic figure counting by deep learning: a development and pan‐cancer validation study

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
In this study, we developed a deep learning method for mitotic figure counting in H&E‐stained whole‐slide images and evaluated its prognostic impact in 13 external validation cohorts from seven different cancer types. Patients with more mitotic figures per mm2 had significantly worse patient outcome in all the studied cancer types except colorectal ...
Joakim Kalsnes, Maria X. Isaksen, Frida Julbø, Manohar Pradhan, Andreas Kleppe, Sepp De Raedt, Ole‐Johan Skrede, Turid Torheim, John Arne Nesheim, Hans Martin Mohn, Hanne A. Askautrud, Karolina Cyll, Wanja Kildal, Emma Rewcastle, Melinda Lillesand, Vebjørn Kvikstad, Emiel Janssen, Robert Jones, Odd Terje Brustugun, Bjørn Brennhovd, Erik Skaaheim Haug, Lill‐Tove Rasmussen Busund, Elin Richardsen, Sigve Andersen, Tom Dønnem, Kristina Lindemann, Gunnar Kristensen, Neil A. Shepherd, Marco Novelli, Knut Liestøl, David Kerr, Håvard E. Danielsen, Tarjei S. Hveem   +32 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidences of Transformative Learning in Service-Learning Reflections

Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
A major shift in university course work involves activities outside the traditional classroom in which students are required to apply knowledge from the coursework in real-life service-learning environments.
Ren Hullender, Shelly Hinck, Jeanneane Wood-Nartker, Travus Burton, Sue Bowlby   +4 more
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Disorienting or Transforming? Using the Arts and Humanities to Foster Social Advocacy

Perspectives on Medical Education
Introduction: The arts and humanities (AH) have transformative potential in medical education. Research suggests that AH-based pedagogies may facilitate both personal and professional transformation in medical learners, which may then further enhance the
Snow Wangding, Lorelei Lingard, Paul Haidet, Benjamin Vipler, Javeed Sukhera, Tracy Moniz   +5 more
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