The Theory and Practices of Evaluating Transformative Learning Processes

This paper aims at defining a framework for the most recent approaches and tools used to evaluate Transformative Learning process and its outcomes. Actually, many experiences and tools have been discussed and validated in the international debate. The literature shows that there are different approaches to validate and use these tools suggesting that the Transformative Learning Theory is interpreted in many ways. This chapter provides a critical analysis of the European and American approaches and tools used to evaluate TL processes. The objectives of the paper are: 1) showing the state of the art of assessment perspectives in TLT; 2) defining a framework to categorize them; 3) depict a possible evolution of TL assessment approaches.