In June of 2003 I completed my course work for my doctorate in Transformative Learning and Change from the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco. My dissertation proposal has been accepted, and I am doing research into the area of our indigenous relationship to the earth. The following information about the Transformative Learning and Change Program is taken from their website. http://www.ciis.edu/academics/tsd.html The Transformative Learning and Change concentration of the Humanities doctoral program is designed for students who wish to combine innovative scholarship with a commitment to action. This concentration fosters a student's ability to promote change in individuals, groups, organizations, and cultures. In the process, students themselves are changed. The program's multifaceted pedagogy and group learning environment allow students to engage in multiple ways of knowing in the educational process. The curriculum facilitates the development of strong academic capacities, including critical and creative thinking, the use of innovative qualitative research methodologies, and a transdisciplinary sensibility. Students are encouraged to draw from literature, the arts, narrative methods, and spiritual traditions in their learning. The transdisciplinary context of the program's research aims not just to describe but also to change human systems. Course work I completed includes: Qualitative Research Methodology Participatory research Collaborative Inquiry Heuristic Inquiry Grounded Theory Transformative Learning Systems Thinking Native Sciences Cosmology Appreciative Inquiry
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