- We are living in an increasingly global society.
- Our global society faces immense challenges.
- The challenges of poverty, environmental destruction, public health, and social oppression create serious conflicts around the world.
- Facing these serious conflicts, individuals often feel ill equipped to create proactive change.
- Proactive change is action through dynamic understanding of communities and global issues.
- Dynamic understanding begins with education that engages communities through experiential learning and critical thought.
- Thinking Beyond Borders is a powerful educational opportunity that benefits the global society.
- Education is purposeful.
- Identifying personal relationships with global issues is critcal for meaningful conclusions.
- The reciprocal relationship between the student and teacher allows each to learn and to build new conclusions.
- "Understanding" is a continuous process of experiencing, learning, and reflecting.
- The product of education is a skilled learner, not memorized information.
- Critical thought and experiential learning develop dynamic understanding and an informed worldview.
- Education is purposeful when translated into action.
