@article {Wilner:2012:0964-0568:1331,
title = "Transformative learning for better resource management: the role of critical reflection",
journal = "Journal of Environmental Planning and Management",
parent_itemid = "infobike://routledg/cjep",
publishercode ="routledg",
year = "2012",
volume = "55",
number = "10",
publication date ="2012-12-01T00:00:00",
pages = "1331-1347",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0964-0568",
eissn = "1360-0559",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/cjep/2012/00000055/00000010/art00005",
doi = "doi:10.1080/09640568.2011.646679",
keyword = "community-university research alliance, critical reflection, community-based management, integrated coastal management, participatory research, transformative learning, social learning",
author = "Wilner, Kate Bigney and Wiber, Melanie and Charles, Anthony and Kearney, John and Landry, Melissa and Wilson, Lisette and on behalf of the Coastal CURA Team",
abstract = "Since 1992, integrated management has been promoted as the solution to challenges facing governments and civil society around the world when managing natural resources. It was argued that integrated management could lead to sustainable development if new participatory approaches to
social learning could be developed. Since that time, social learning theory has been an important component of resource management literature. This paper argues that until social learning theory leans more heavily on group processes of transformative learning, sustainable development will
elude us. Further, a process of systematic, critical reflection is key to transformative learning, as we illustrate using a five-year research project into the role of communities in integrated management in the Canadian Maritimes. Our experience shows how critical reflection processes can
strengthen participatory research to further inform the practice of integrated management. We conclude by observing that room must be made for critical reflection and for true social learning in all integrated management institutions, whether community-based or government-initiated.",
}