- raising of questions of truth, justice, and self-deception
- the central process is the challenge of beliefs
- through discourse, distorted, undeveloped, or limiting assumptions are revealed and transformative learning is possible
- the essential medium through which transformation is promoted and developed
- used "when we have reason to question the comprehensibility, truth , appropriateness, (in relation to norms), or authenticity (in relation to feelings) of what is being asserted or to question the credibility of the person making the statement. (Taylor p.10)
Assumptions for Discourse in Transformative Learning