I found the abstract of the article, “Living and Learning with HIV/AIDS: Transformational tales continued” and thought it would make a great addition to this blog. I thought this article was an interesting take on transformational learning in that it was centered around people dealing with a life-changing sickness. The article focuses on a study of eleven AIDS patients and the effect the reality of being diagnosed with HIV had on the psychological, emotional (human condition), and linguistic as well as biographical learning of these individuals (Baumgartner Abstract, 2002).
There were meaning
scheme changes (2002) for all participants over the life of the study, especially
regarding their change in empathy for the human condition by the third year. The article emphasizes the importance of
living and continuing to learn even with a fatal prognosis, but also focuses on the way their personal relationships changed and evolved.
To quote James,
(great blog, James), “Transformational learning changes or modifies an
individual’s embedded perspectives, assumptions and prejudices.” How the AIDS patients changed after their
diagnosis was very similar with the way the cancer patient changed or
transformed their relationships, prioritizing their lives and educating
themselves on the disease. Thought it
was an interesting scenario that I had never considered.
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Baumgartner, L. (2002). Living and learning with HIV/AIDS:
Transformational tales
continued. Adult Education Quarterly. 53(1).
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