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Patricia Cranton

Patricia Cranton, PhD, is currently Professor of Adult Education at Penn State University at Harrisburg. She has been Professor of Adult Education at St. Francis Xavier University, University of New Brunswick, and Brock University in Canada. Prior to that, she was on faculty at McGill University from 1976 to 1986. Patricia Cranton’s books include Planning Instruction for Adult Learners (1989) with a second edition in 2000, Working with Adult Learners (1992) also translated into Japanese in 1999, Understanding and Promoting Transformative Learning (1994) also translated into Chinese in 1995, Professional Development as Transformative Learning (1996) also translated into Japanese in 2000, No One Way: Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (1998), Personal Empowerment through Type (1998), Becoming an Authentic Teacher (2001), Finding our Way: A Guide for Adult Educators (2003). The second edition of Understanding and Promoting Transformative Learning was published in 2006. Patricia has edited five New Directions volumes, Transformative Learning in Action (1997), Universal Challenges in Faculty Work: Fresh Perspectives from around the World (1997), Fresh Approaches to the Evaluation of Teaching (2001), Authenticity in Teaching (2006), and Reaching Out Across the Border: Canadian Perspectives in Adult Education (with Leona English, 2009). She is currently working with Ed Taylor to prepare the Handbook of Transformative Learning.
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