ABSTRACT
Educators have long sought for ways to bring fresh energy and relevance to learning. In ancient Greece, Socrates sat outdoors on one end of a log and compelled students seated on the other end to think through complex problems. In an effort to restore real-world relevance and soul to the college experience, educators throughout the world are championing new kinds of active, engaged, community-based, and student-centered learning. They are bridging disciplines, connecting college and community, and applying critical and creative thinking to complex world problems. Transformative learning is something of a buzzword in higher education today, but it essentially describes something quite difficult to achieve—a fundamental shift in one’s way of thinking about and being in the world. Every global-learning program is built around a basic architecture or schema that supports the goals of the sponsoring institution and guides student development in a particular direction.
