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Transformational learning is when students change how they think or see things.
Transactional learning is when students just receive information from the teacher.

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Transformational Learning aims to change the learner’s perspective and understanding, promoting active engagement in their learning. This promotes a growth mindset and critical thinking.

Transactional Learning focuses on an exchange of knowledge with a specific task or goal in mind. It is a passive learning approach in which the student applies what they’ve been told and how.

Transformational learning is reflective and introspective, whereas transactional learning is structured and task-oriented.

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Transactional Teaching: Focuses on the teacher being in charge and students following the rules using rewards for positive reinforcement and consequences such as loss of privileges to control behaviour and learning. This teaching is essentially enticing students to follow directions, complete assignments, and pay attention in class using memorization and direct instruction.

Transformational Teaching: This focuses on students and making their learning engaging, meaningful and personal while providing encouragement and motivation. This entices students to be more curious about learning, using differentiation, and allowing students to grow mentally, emotionally and academically. This approach is more inquiry-based and with personalized learning to meet students’ needs.

Transactional teaching works for short-term behavioural management but transformational teaching has a long-term impact on students and benefits their motivation, engagement, and success by allowing them to take ownership of their learning. As educators, we should be providing students with positive feedback for improvement rather than grading motivation and behaviour.

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Transformational learning is when students think critically and reflect upon their learning through a meta-critical lens that fosters curiosity. Through this, students are portraying personal and meaningful engagement in their learning.

Transactional learning is the approach of learning from the viewpoint of an educator as they reveal that students should display their learning through the teachers eyes.

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Transactional learning and transformative learning are two distinct approaches to education, each with its own characteristics and outcomes.

Transactional Learning

Transactional learning is a traditional approach that focuses on:

One-size-fits-all content delivery

Knowledge transfer and completing learning tasks

Recording tests, individual scores, and time spent

Reward and punishment system

Content transmission and skills building

This method often involves students passively receiving information from instructors, with little emphasis on critical thinking or personal growth

Transformative Learning

Transformative learning, on the other hand, is a more dynamic approach that aims to:

Personalize learning experience

Analyze learner behaviors and outcomes

Engage students in experiential learnin

Promote self-directed and self-motivated learning

Encourage critical reflection and perspective transformation

Transformative learning aims to produce learners who can critique their own work, remain open to criticism and alternate viewpoints, and develop higher-order thinking skills