Chapter 1. Repressive tolerance and the "management" of diversity -- Chapter 2. Habermas and the meaning of the post-secular society: twin complementary learning processes -- Chapter 3. Destabilizing the activity system of online teaching through critical theory -- Chapter 4. Work and emancipation in the age of precarious labor: thinking with Habermas and his critics -- Chapter 5. Critical and transformational perspectives on career and technical education in the twenty-first century for urban adult learners -- Chapter 6. Habermas' reconceptualization of historical materialism as a social evolutionary learning theory -- Chapter 7. From social learning to Norm validation: revitalizing the emancipatory aspirations of adult education -- Chapter 8. From critical theory to critical practice: the case of a singular college strike -- Chapter 9. Mezirow and the theory of transformative learning -- Chapter 10. Transformative learning: a possible by-product of immigrant learner participation in recognition of acquired competencies (RAC) -- Chapter 11. The development of the entrepreneurial mindset, critical thinking skills, and critical reflective practices through experiential learning activities in graduate business school -- Chapter 12. The transformative within: resumes and sense of "work self" -- Chapter 13. Professional development in blended practice: some insights -- Chapter 14. Online learning: autism spectrum disorder professional preparation -- Chapter 15. U.S. Army trainers: the path to becoming a trainer and the development of professional identity -- Chapter 16. Transformative learning and the power of storytelling -- Chapter 17. The role of instructional design in transformative learning -- Chapter 18. The role of critical theory in the development of multicultural psychology and counseling.