From Small Things: Building Cross-Disciplinary, Transformative Learning Experiences Through a Global Mobility Experience for Higher Education Students

Global mobility experiences have the potential to be transformational and lifechangingfor the individual students involved, although little is known about the effect of global mobility experiences upon a student’s future intentions as a result of this transformation. This chapter has examined the feedback from students involved in the Self-sufficiency and Sustainability in Remote South Pacific Islands global mobility study tour over a 2-year period of five mobility experiences. The students were asked to identify their individual changes and impacts resulting from the global mobility experiences. The results indicate a significant depth of aspirations for both personal and career directions resulting from the experience. The results also indicate that the students were on a continuum of global understanding and transformation, with some still concerned with the impact of the experience upon themselves and their own projects, whilst others were able tomove beyond their own work to discuss potential experiences and desires for future opportunities for real-world global inclusivity, resilience, innovation, cultural empathy and sustainability.