A STUDY OF THE MEANING, CHARACTERISTIC AND DEVELOPMENT OF ACTIVE GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP BASED ON TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Abstract

The objectives of this research article were to 1) study the meaning and characteristics of active global citizenship among undergraduate students             2) study the development of active global citizenship among undergraduate students. This research is a qualitative research and collects the data through in - depth interview with 10 key informants as follows: two active global citizenship experts, four student affairs executives and professionals and four undergraduate students who are members of student clubs related to social development, volunteering and community service. Data was collected by semi - structured interview and content analysis. The research reliability was checked by triangulation that is data triangulation, method triangulation and theory triangulation. The research findings indicate that the key informants placed an importance on the characteristics of active global citizenship which should be specified in the learning outcomes of undergraduate students. They emphasized that the characteristics of active global citizenship consist of the following three dimensions: 1) Knowledge and Understanding, 2) Skills, 3) Values and Attitudes. They suggested that the approaches to develop active global citizenship should be implemented in the following ways: 1) Facilitate a conducive learning environment to promote Asian or internationalization, 2) Devise transformative learning in cognition, belief and desirable behaviors into course instruction,                    3) Promote a good example or role model of active citizen and global citizen,            4) Organize experiential learning outside the classroom, 5) Integrate active global citizenship into courses and training programs, 6) Build a network of cooperation to serve both Thai and the world community.