Dhungel, RitaLorenzetti, LizaLorenzetti, DianeOshchepkova, TatianaHaile, Lemlem2022-10-272022-10-272017Lorenzetti, L., Dhungel, R., Lorenzetti, D, Oshchepkova, T. & Haile, L. (2017). A transformative approach to social work education. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Higher Education Advances. Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, 801-809. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/HEAd17.2017.5422https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/2841Presented on June 21-23, 2017, at the "3rd International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’17) held at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) in Valencia, Spain.The paper presents an overview of “The Journey Guides Program” - a mentorship and experiential learning framework developed by the Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary in Canada. This program was implemented in an Advanced Graduate Seminar, a preparatory course for graduate Social Work students prior to entering their field placements. The purpose of this program is to advance practice-based knowledge in transformative learning. This article begins by discussing critical pedagogy, the theoretical framework that underpinned “The Journey Guides Program”, followed by a description of the eight-step process the authors adopted to implement this program. This paper concludes by presenting our evaluation plan and subsequent steps.enAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)journey guidestransformative learningmentorshipsocial workPresentationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4995/HEAd17.2017.5422