Transforming Students

Charity Johansson is a professor of physical therapy at Elon University. Peter Felten is director of the Center for Engaged Learning and a professor of history at Elon University.

We highly recommend Transforming Students. The importance of creating transformational learning experiences in today's university setting that connect with messy real world problems and hopeful opportunities is paramount to achieve the promises of a higher education. -- Edward J. Brantmeier & Emily L. Kohl Teachers College Record This book is particularly relevant as the idea of a university and the fundamental purpose of higher education continue to be challenged and redefined... While Johansson and Felten acknowledge that this work emphasizes the enrichment and engagement that residential colleges can provide, their focus on the traditional college experience is not a limitation of the book. If anything, the testaments of transformation in individuals' stories at Elon and other examples of successful collegiate interventions across the nation offer support for the power of engagement that the traditional university can still deliver, especially in a rapidly emerging era of for-profit institutions and online learning. -- Veronica Jones Review of Higher Education This concise text encourages educators, provides simple entry points into pedagogical theories, distills current student development research into poignant sound bites, and offers conceptual measures for engaging the transformative learning process with one's own students, both inside and outside the classroom. -- Rachel A. Heath Reflective Teaching

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. On the Threshold2. Creating Openness3. Thinking It Through4. Moved to Action5. In the Company of Others6. From Individuals to InstitutionsReferencesIndex