TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING AND TEACHING

During the pandemic, under the conditions of a developing economy and low technological development, the education sector became one of the most vulnerable sectors in Georgia. Due to the situation at hand, both general and higher educational institutions in Georgia faced a serious challenge. The choice was twofold: either the learning process had to stop, or it had to continue in a safe environment. To continue the educational process, by moving to online teaching was for two years the only option. The goal of our project is to evaluate the achievements, challenges, and outcomes in the transformative educational reality and offer recommendations to interested parties.According to the research goal, the research objectives are: 1. To study the opinions of the members of the community (administration members, professors, teachers, instructors, junkers) about the positive and negative aspects of teaching and learning management under the new reality;2. To analyze these opinions;3. Based on the analysis, to develop a set of recommendations for transformative learning and teaching. The research is conducted based on desk and field studies. As a result of the research: a) local and international experiences in the management of transformative education were studied; b) the opinions of the community members were defined regarding transformative learning and teaching; c) a recommended framework for transformative learning and teaching was created, which will be available to all parties interested in educational issues.