Table 2.
Framework Stages Mezirow & Kolb
| Stage | Mezirow’s Framework Stage | Kolb’s Experiential Learning Pathway Phase | Learning Phase |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disorienting Dilemma | Concrete, Reflective | Phase 1: Reflective |
| 2 | Self-Examination (Often with feeling of guilt or shame) | ||
| 3 | Critical Assessment of epistemic, sociocultural or psychic assumptions | Abstract, Reflective | |
| 4 | Recognition of connection between one’s discontent and the process of transformation | ||
| 5 | Explaining option for new behavior | ||
| 6 | Planning a course of action | Abstract, Active | Phase 2: Active |
| 7 | Knowledge to implement plans | ||
| 8 | Experimenting with new roles | Concrete, Active | |
| 9 | Building of confidence with new roles | ||
| 10 | Reintegration into one’s life on the basis of conditions dictated by ones new life |