Transformational Learning and Third-Wave Feminism as Potential Outcomes of Participation in Women's Enclaves

Abstract

The focus of this study is on transformative learning in women's enclaves. Women's enclaves have been shown to be sites of sustaining deep relationships that initiate change in meaning perspective similar to that described by J. Mezirow's (1991) transformational learning theory. A feminist consciousness, specifically a third-wave consciousness, can be a characteristic. The purpose of this study is to consider women's participation in enclaves as sites for transformational learning such that a potential outcome is a third-wave feminist consciousness.