ELIZABETH LANGE Ph.D.

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Authored Books | Scholarly Articles and Book Chapters | Guest Edited Journal Issues | Other Scholarly Contributions

Authored Books

Lange, E.A. (in progress). Transformative Sustainability Education. Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge/Earthscan.

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Spencer, B. & Lange, E. (2014). The Purposes of Adult Education: A Short Introduction, 3rd Edition. Toronto, ON: Thompson Educational Publishing. 

Scholarly Articles and Book Chapters (publications are NOT cross-listed, please  check all categories for related topics)

On Transformative Learning and Sustainability Education:

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Lange, E.A. (2019). Transformative Learning for Sustainability. In W. Leal Filho (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education. Switzerland: Springer Nature. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-63951-2_104-1

https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-63951-2_104-1

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Lange, E. A. (2018). Transforming Transformative Learning through Ontologies of Relationality. Journal of Transformative Education, 16(4): 280-301. DOI: 10.1177/1541344618786452

https://www.academia.edu/37655593/Transforming_Transformative_Education_Through_Ontologies_of_Relationality

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Lange, E. A. (2018). Transformative sustainability education: From sustainababble to a civilization leap. In Milana, M., Webb, S., Holford, J., Waller, R. & Jarvis, P. (Eds.) The Palgrave International Handbook of Adult and Lifelong Education and Learning (397-420). Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan.

https://www.academia.edu/28775880/Transformative_Sustainability_Education_From_Sustainababble_to_a_Civilization_Leap

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Lange, E. A. (2017).  Riverspeaking: The spiralling of transformative and restorative learning toward kinship ethics. In P.B Corcoran, J. Weakland & A. Wals (Eds.), Envisioning futures for environmental and sustainability education (33-43). Wageningen, Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers. DOI: 10.39201978-90-8686-846-9_1

https://www.academia.edu/33280576/RiverSpeaking_the_spiraling_of_transformative_and_restorative_learning_toward_kinship_ethics

Lange, E. A. (2017). Belonging and place: The earth runs through it. In J. Gough, D. Massing, & E. Spencer, (Eds.). Social Work Ethics: Progressive, Practical and Relational Approaches (282-297). Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press. 

https://www.academia.edu/37655843/Belonging_and_Place_The_Earth_Runs_Through_It

Lange, E. (2015). The Ecology of Transformative Learning: Transdisciplinary Provocations. Journal of Transformative Learning, 3(1), 28-34.  

https://www.academia.edu/13081737/The_Ecology_of_Transformative_Learning_Transdisciplinary_Provocations

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Lange, E. & Kerr, S. (2013). Accounting and Incentives for Sustainability in Higher Education: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of a Needed Revolution. Social Responsibility Journal, 9(3), 210-219. doi: 10.1108/SRJ-08-2011-0058 

https://www.academia.edu/6015311/Accounting_and_Incentives_for_Sustainability_in_Higher_Education

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Lange, E. A. (2013). Interrogating Transformative Learning Theory: Canadian Contributions. In T. Nesbit, S. Brigham, T. Gibb, & N. Taber (Eds.). Building on Critical Traditions: Adult Education and Learning in Canada (pp. 91-102). Toronto, ON: Thompson Educational Publishing. 

https://www.academia.edu/2761646/Interrogating_Transformative_Learning_Canadian_Contributions

Lange, E.  (2012). Is Freirean Transformative Learning the Trojan Horse of Globalization and Enemy of Sustainability Education?: A Response to C.A Bowers. Journal of Transformative Education, 10(1), 3-21. doi: 10.1177/1541344612453880
https://www.academia.edu/1895062/Is_Freirean_Transformative_Learning_the_Trojan_Horse_of_Globalization_and_Enemy_of_Sustainability_Education_A_Response_to_C.A._Bowers

Lange, E.A. (2012). Transforming Transformative Learning through Sustainability and the New Science. In E. Taylor, P. Cranton and Associates (Eds.), The Handbook of Transformative Learning (pp. 195-211). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. 
https://www.academia.edu/1895079/Transforming_Transformative_Learning_through_Sustainability_and_the_New_Science

Kerr, S. & Lange, E. (2011). Using Accounting Reform to Stimulate Sustainability Practices in Higher Education: A Sociological Analysis of Financial Storytelling. Journal of Learning in Higher Education, 7(2), 109-116.

https://www.academia.edu/1895124/Using_Accounting_Reform_to_Stimulate_Sustainability_Practices_in_Higher_Education

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Lange, E.A. (2010). Environmental Adult Education: A Many-Voiced Landscape. In C. Kasworm, A. Rose, and J. Ross-Gordon (Eds.), Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education (pp. 305-315). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. 

https://www.academia.edu/1895080/Environmental_Adult_Education_A_Many-Voiced_Landscape

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Lange, E.A. (2009). Fostering a Learning Sanctuary for Transformation in Adult Sustainability Education. In J. Mezirow and E. Taylor (Eds.), Transformative Learning in Practice (pp. 193-204). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. 

https://www.academia.edu/1895086/Fostering_a_Learning_Sanctuary_for_Transformation_in_Adult_Sustainability_Education

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Lange, E.A. (2009). Reconceptualizing Participatory Action Research for Sustainability Education. In D. Kapoor and S. Jordan (Eds.), Education, Participatory Action Research and Social Change (pp. 123-136). New York: Palgrave Macmillan Publishing. 

https://www.academia.edu/1093834/Reconceptualizing_Participatory_Action_Research_for_Sustainability_Education

Lange, E.A. & Chubb, A. (2009). Critical Environmental Adult Education in Canada: Student Environmental Activism. In P. Cranton and L. English (Eds.), Reaching Out Across the Border: Canadian Perspectives in Adult Education (pp. 61-72). New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, No. 124. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.  

https://www.academia.edu/1093836/Critical_environmental_adult_education_in_Canada_Student_environmental_activism

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Lange, E.A. & Fenwick, T. (2008). Moral Commitments to Community: Mapping Social Responsibility and its Ambiguities among Small Business Owners. Social Responsibility Journal: Ethics & Morality in Business Practice.  4(1/2), 41-55. doi: 10.1108/17471110810856820

https://www.academia.edu/1093831/Moral_commitments_to_community_mapping_social_responsibility_and_its_ambiguities_among_small_business_owners

Lange, E.A. (2007). “Martyrs” and “Spectators”: Transformative Theological Learning through International Travel Seminars. Journal of Adult Theological Education, 4.1, pp. 74-92. doi: 10.1558/jate2007v4i1.74
https://www.academia.edu/1895127/_Martyrs_and_Spectators_Transformative_Theological_Learning_through_International_Travel_Seminars

Lange, E. A. (2004). Transformative and Restorative Learning: A Vital Dialectic for Sustainable Societies. Adult Education Quarterly, 54(2), 121-139. doi: 10.1177/071713603260276

https://www.academia.edu/1093838/Transformative_and_restorative_learning_A_vital_dialectic_for_sustainable_societies

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Lange, E.A. (2004). “Out of Bounds:” Reflecting on Sustainability Education for Adults, Adult Learning, (Special issue edited by Lilian Hill and Darlene Clover), May: 7-9. 

https://www.academia.edu/1093833/_Out_of_Bounds_Reflecting_on_Sustainability_Education_for_Adults

On Education for Social Justice:

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Lange, E. & Young, S. (2019). Gender-based Violence as Difficult Knowledge: Pedagogies for Rebalancing the Masculine and Feminine. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 38(3): 301-326. DOI: 10.1080/02601370.2019.1597932

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02601370.2019.1597932?journalCode=tled20

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Lange, E. A. & Solarz, B. (2016). Re-narrating a moral self in a neoliberal context: Transformative Learning for Re-Building Social Solidarities. In Adult Education, 1(2): 12-17.

https://www.academia.edu/28776940/Re_Narrating_a_Moral_Self_in_a_Neoliberal_Context

Lange, E. A. (2015). A vision of flipping the iceberg of power: The Greater Edmonton Alliance faces Big Land and Big Oil. In A. Mathie & J. Gaventa (Eds.) Citizen-led innovation for a new economy (74-101). Halifax, NS: Fernwood Press.

https://www.academia.edu/33279651/A_Vision_of_Flipping_the_Iceberg_of_Power_The_Greater_Edmonton_Alliance_Faces_Big_Land_and_Big_Oil

Lange, E., Chovanec, D., Cardinal, T., Kajner, T. & Smith Acuna, N. (2015). Wounded Learners: Symbolic violence, educational justice, and re-engagement of low-income adults. The Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 27(3), 83-104.

Lange, E. (2015). (Re)Igniting a Sociological Imagination in Adult Education: The Relevance of Classical Theory. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 34(5), 491-513. doi: 10.1080/02601370.2015.1028574

https://www.academia.edu/11950198/_Re_igniting_a_sociological_imagination_in_adult_education_the_continuing_relevance_of_classical_theory

Chovanec, D., Lange, E., & Ellis, L. (2008). Social Movement Learning: A Catalyst for Action. In M. Hammond-Callaghan and M. Hayday (Eds.), Mobilizations, Protests, and Engagements: Canadian Perspectives on Social Movements (pp. 186-201). Halifax, NS: Fernwood Publishing.

https://www.academia.edu/1895087/Social_Movement_Learning_A_Catalyst_for_Action

Chovanec, D. M. & Lange, E. A. (2007). Formative, Restorative, and Transformative Learning: Insights into the critical consciousness of social activists. In L. Servage & T. Fenwick, (Eds.) Proceedings of the Joint 26thAnnual National Conference of Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE) and 48th Annual Adult Education Research Conference (AERC) (pp. 133-138). Halifax, NS: Mount Saint Vincent University.

https://www.academia.edu/1093835/Formative_restorative_and_transformative_learning_Insights_into_the_critical_consciousness_of_social_activists

Lange, E.A. (2007). “Martyrs” and “Spectators”: Transformative Theological Learning through International Travel Seminars. Journal of Adult Theological Education, 4.1, pp. 74-92.  doi: 10.1558/jate2007v4i1.74

https://www.academia.edu/1895127/_Martyrs_and_Spectators_Transformative_Theological_Learning_through_International_Travel_Seminars

Lange, E. A. (1998). Fragmented Ethics of Justice: Freire, Liberation Theology and Pedagogies for the Non-Poor. Convergence, XXXI(1-2), 81-94.

https://www.academia.edu/1093840/Fragmented_Ethics_of_Justice_Freire_Liberation_Theology_and_Pedagogies_for_the_Non-Poor

Carson, T. R. & Lange E. A. (1997). Peace Education in Social Studies. In I. Wright and A. Sears (Eds.), Trends & Issues in Canadian Social Studies (pp. 208-225). Vancouver, BC: Pacific Educational Press.

Lange Christensen, E. (1996). Evoking a Global Consciousness: Teacher Professional Development and Global Education. In H. Reno & M. Witte (Eds.) Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference Adult Education Research Conference (AERC) (pp. 61-66). Tampa, FL: University of South Florida.

Carson, T. R. & Lange E. A. (1996). Signs of Peace Education in Canada. Journal of Peace & Gandhian Studies, 1(4), 49-62.

Lange, E. & Young, S. (2019). 

On Transcultural Relations:

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Lange, E. (2015). Transformative Learning and Concepts of the Self: Insights from Immigrant and Intercultural Journeys. In International Journal of Lifelong Education. doi: 10.1080/02601370.2015.1036944

https://www.academia.edu/13810398/Transformative_learning_and_concepts_of_the_self_insights_from_immigrant_and_intercultural_journeys

Lange, E. A. & Baillie Abidi, C. (2015). Rethinking Social Justice and Adult Education for Welcoming, Inclusive Communities. In S.
Guo and E. Lange (Eds.), Transnational Migration, Social Inclusion and Adult Education (pp. 99-109). New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, No. 146. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.  

https://www.academia.edu/13290906/Rethinking_Social_Justice_and_Adult_Education_for_Welcoming_Inclusive_Communities

Brigham, S., Baillie Abidi, C., Tastsoglou, E. & Lange, E. (2015). Informal Adult Learning and Emotion work of Service Providers for Refugee Claimants. In S. Guo and E. Lange (Eds.), Transnational Migration, Social Inclusion and Adult Education (pp. 29-40). New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, No. 146. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.  

https://www.academia.edu/13290851/Informal_Adult_Learning_and_Emotion_Work_of_Service_Providers_for_Refugee_Claimants

Tastsoglou, E., Baillie Abidi, C., Brigham, S. & Lange, E. (2014). (En)Gendering Vulnerability: Immigrant Service Providers’ Perceptions of Needs, Policies and Practices Related to Gender and Women Refugee Claimants in Atlantic Canada. Refuge, 30(2): 67-78.

https://www.academia.edu/11612030/_En_Gendering_Vulnerability_Immigrant_Service_Providers_Perceptions_of_Needs_Policies_and_Practices_Related_to_Gender_and_Women_Refugee_Claimants_in_Atlantic_Canada

On Adult Education and Learning:

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Lange, E. (2020). Western and (Re)Emerging Philosophies in Adult Education. In S. Brigham, R. McGray and K. Jubas (Eds.), Adult education and lifelong learning in Canada: Critical Legacy. Toronto, ON: Thompson Educational Publishing. 

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Kevany, K., Lange, E.A., Cocek, C., & Baillie Abidi, C. (2012). Online graduate programs and intellectual isolation: Fostering technology-mediated inter-professional learning communities. In V. Wang (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Technologies for Improving the 21st Century Workforce: Tools for Lifelong Learning (pp. 302-321). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. Doi: 10.401819781-46662181-7

Wright, L., Lange, E., & Da Costa, J. (2009). Facilitating adult learning and a researcher identity through a higher education pedagogical process. US-China Education Review, 6(11), 1-16.

https://www.academia.edu/1895128/Facilitating_adult_learning_and_a_researcher_identity_through_a_higher_education_pedagogical_process

Lange, E.A. (2006). Challenging Social Philosophobia. In T. Fenwick, T. Nesbit, and B. Spencer (Eds.), Contexts of Adult Education (pp. 92-104). Toronto: Thompson Educational Publishing.

https://www.academia.edu/1895119/Challenging_Social_Philosophobia

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Fenwick, T. & Lange, E. (1998). Spirituality in the Workplace: The New Frontier of HRD. The Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 12(1), 63-87.

https://www.academia.edu/1093839/Spirituality_in_the_Workplace_The_New_Frontier_of_HRD

Guest Editor for Journals

Lange, E. and Prete, T. (Eds.). (in progress, expected January 2022). Indigenous Voices and Decolonizing Lifelong Education. International Journal of Lifelong education. 

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O’Neil, J. and Lange, E. (Eds.) (2018). Transformative Sustainability Education. Journal of Transformative Education.

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Guo, S. and Lange, E. (Eds.) (2015). Transnational Migration, Social Inclusion and Adult Education (pp. 1-5). New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education,146. 

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Kelly, J., Shultz, L., Weber-Pillwax, C., and Lange, E. (2009). Expanding Knowledge Systems in Teacher Education. The Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 55(3): 263-268.

Other Scholar Contributions