CPED February Show & Tell Tuesday

Transformative Learning: Enhancing Scholarly Practice Through a Qualitative Pilot Study

Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Time: 1:00 - 2:00 PM ET 

Transformative learning theory, centered on a commitment to adult learning, fosters the conscious use of critical thinking and reflection, the personal willingness to question assumptions, and the recognition of the complexity inherent in work and community situations. This show and tell session will explain the way Drexel University's EdD program enhances the scholarly practitioner through a transformative approach to a qualitative pilot. The presenters will describe how transformative learning practices are integrated into aspects of a two-term, online, qualitative research course. The experiential course design incorporates a range of authentic learning experiences that provide meaningful knowledge and skills for the qualitative researcher.

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Presenters:

Kathy Geller 

Dr. Kathy Geller is program director at Fielding Graduate University for the Human and Organizational Development PhD Programs. She previously served as an associate clinical professor in the School of Education at Drexel University for 11 years. Dr. Geller continues to enjoy working with Drs. Joy Phillips and Kristine Lewis Grant (and others from Drexel) in pursuit of their shared scholarly interest in teaching qualitative research in online settings. Through this collaboration, Kathy has co-authored a chapter on the application of Transformative Learning theory in teaching qualitative research in Synchronous and Asynchronous Approaches to Teaching Higher Education Lessons in Post-Pandemic Times (2023, Kumar & Eisenberg, Eds.), and presented at the Academy of Management (2022) where they were recognized with an International Symposium of the Year Award.  

Kristine Grant

Dr. Kristine Grant is a clinical professor in the School of Education at Drexel University. She teaches primarily in the Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Management program, including the qualitative research methods courses. Dr. Grant enjoys working with Drs. Joy Phillips and Kathy Geller in pursuit of a shared scholarly interest in teaching qualitative research in online settings. Through this collaboration, she has co-authored an article in CPED journal’s Impacting Education, as well as a chapter in Synchronous and Asynchronous Approaches to Teaching Higher Education Lessons in Post-Pandemic Times (Payal Kumar and Jacob Eisenberg, Editors).  She has also co-presented at academic conferences, including The Qualitative Report Conference and as part of an award-winning symposium at the Academy of Management.

Deanna Hill

Dr. Deanna Hill, associate clinical professor in the School of Education at Drexel University, has served as program director for the Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Management program since 2019 and has been developing curriculum and teaching at Drexel since 2007. Deanna enjoys working with her colleagues to integrate and support innovative teaching strategies in online and hybrid courses. Deanna is currently co-editing a book with Drexel colleague Dr. Stephanie Smith-Budhai titled IMPACT of the Scholarly Practitioner Doctorate: Exercising Socially Just Leadership and Making Equitable Change as part of “The Coming of Age of the Education Doctorate” series, edited by Dr. Jill A. Perry and published by Myers Education Press.

Joy Phillips 

Dr. Joy C. Phillips is a clinical professor in the School of Education at Drexel University. Her research focuses on educational leadership, policy development and implementation, and school reform with an emphasis on investigating the intended and unintended consequences of educational policy implementation. Joy has a record of examining qualitatively intractable educational issues by redefining the problem, exploring underlying roots, experimenting with original teaching and research strategies, and building genuine university/public school partners. Dr. Phillips has taught in face-to-face, hybrid, and online formats for 20+ years. Her work has been published in the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED) journal, Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice, the Journal of School Leadership, Journal of Research on Leadership Education, International Journal of Leadership in Education, Torrance Journal for Applied Creativity, Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, and UCEA Review.

Harriette Rasmussen

Dr. Harriette Thurber Rasmussen, assistant clinical professor in the School of Education at Drexel University, is a scholar-practitioner who combines decades of developing educational leaders with her love of qualitative research. She currently serves as co-lead of CPED’s Program of the Year Committee and is co-editing a book featuring POY programs to be published by Myers Press.  Her most recent book is Adaptive leadership in a global economy: Perspectives for application and scholarship (2022, Routledge), and she has recently been featured on the Phronesis: Practical Wisdom podcast (Scott Allen), discussing the intersections of trust, adult development, and adaptive leadership. 

Peggy Kong

Dr. Peggy A. Kong is an associate clinical professor in the School of Education at Drexel University. She teaches qualitative research methods courses for the Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Management program. She loves collaborating with her colleagues Drs. Kristine Grant, Joy Phillips, Harriette Rasmussen, and Deanna Hill to innovate the qualitative research methods for online Ed.D. students. Dr. Kong’s research interests focus on family and school relationships in rural China and with immigrant families in the United States. She is passionate about designing qualitative research projects in international and domestic contexts, most recently an online photovoice project with Asian and Asian American families. She is the author of an ethnographic study, Parenting, education, and social mobility in China: Cultivating dragons and phoenixes, co-editor of Rural education in China’s social transition (with Emily Hannum and Gerard Postiglione), and author of numerous journal articles and chapters. She serves on the editorial board of Cogent Education, Frontiers in Education, and Chinese Education and Society. 

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