ABSTRACT
Essential to the hopes of creating a new kind of citizen in Burundi, the founders, staff, and students at the University of Ngozi, with their commitment to sustainable peace and development, want to change this traditional educational orientation and do more to emphasize critical and creative thinking. In The Ecology of Commerce, Paul Hawken (1994) critiques traditional thinking about economic productivity and its relationship to the environment, how ignorance and selfish consumerism underlies inequities worldwide. Experiential learning is new to Burundis educational thinking and system, but it holds much promise for showcasing a new emphasis on critical and creative thinking. This approach continues the legacy of reinforced obedience and docility found in the German and Belgian eras. In the United States, William Perry is perhaps the most cited scholar of the cognitive development of college-aged students. Despite what they learned in high school, such students they struggle to handle complexity in higher education.
