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Transformational Education for an Abundant Culture
GUMANDA KAFENI Evelyne
11 November 2026 · Vol. 2, Issue 11, pp. 2046-2056
DOI: 10.65150/EP-jsshrs/V2E11/2026-13 (registration with Crossref in progress)
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This study examines the relationship between transformational education and the development of an abundant culture characterized by human flourishing, ethical responsibility, creativity, social cohesion, and sustainable development. Grounded in transformative learning theory and critical pedagogy, the study investigates the level of understanding of transformational education among teachers, students, and educational administrators in selected secondary schools in Kindele, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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- 11 November 2026
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- Vol. 2, Issue 11, pp. 2046-2056
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- 3051-3561 (online) · 3051-3553 (print)
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- EP Journals Group
Abstract
This study examines the relationship between transformational education and the development of an abundant culture characterized by human flourishing, ethical responsibility, creativity, social cohesion, and sustainable development. Grounded in transformative learning theory and critical pedagogy, the study investigates the level of understanding of transformational education among teachers, students, and educational administrators in selected secondary schools in Kindele, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. A mixed-methods research design was employed, integrating quantitative and qualitative approaches. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire administered to a sample of 50 participants drawn from a population of 100 individuals. For analyzing the data, descriptive statistics and thematic analysis were use. The results propose that participants are unable to understand the conceptual of transformational education, particularly viewing its rules, impartial including pedagogical foundations. In spite of that, interviewer displayed comparatively intense knowledge of mixed social values, and justice, inclusion, and collaboration. The research more discover that the term of an affluant culture is principal interpreted in tools terms slightly than as a complex framework of human growing. The research closes that education is transformativ and has an important significant to favorite an affluant culture; in spite of that, its productive accomplishment is limited by theoretical misconceptions and pedagogical limit elaboration among educational protagonist. It advises to revise the curriculum, professional teacher growing, and the incorporation of pedagogical transformative strategies to reinforce critical thinking, creativity, and social liability in education.
Keywords
- transformational education
- abundant culture
- transformative learning
- critical pedagogy
- human flourishing
- Kinshasa
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GUMANDA KAFENI Evelyne (2026). Transformational Education for an Abundant Culture. Journal of Social Science and Human Research Studies, 2(11), 2046-2056. https://www.ep-journals.org/articles/transformational-education-for-an-abundant-culture-237507d4
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year = {2026},
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}Published in Journal of Social Science and Human Research Studies (JSSHRS)
ISSN 3051-3561 (online) · 3051-3553 (print)
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GUMANDA KAFENI Evelyne.
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In Journal of Social Science and Human Research Studies, Volume 2, Issue 11, pages 2046-2056, published by EP Journals Group on 11 November 2026.
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10.65150/EP-jsshrs/V2E11/2026-13. Registration with Crossref is in progress.
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APA: GUMANDA KAFENI Evelyne (2026). Transformational Education for an Abundant Culture. Journal of Social Science and Human Research Studies, 2(11), 2046-2056. https://www.ep-journals.org/articles/transformational-education-for-an-abundant-culture-237507d4
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