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From Cognition to the Imaginal: Fostering Self-Understanding from and through Emotions in Adult Learning

Authors

• • John Dirkx
  • Michigan State University
• • Ben Espinoza
  • Michigan State University

Abstract

Based on a critical review of the literature, this paper explores the imaginative contribution emotions make to self-understanding and how it compliments the view of emotion as a form of cognition in adult learning.

Keywords: emotion in adult learning, self-understanding, transformative learning

How to Cite: Dirkx, J. & Espinoza, B. (2017) “From Cognition to the Imaginal: Fostering Self-Understanding from and through Emotions in Adult Learning”, Adult Education Research Conference. 1(2017).