Expanding Global Understanding Through the

Global Partners in Education is an organization that unites partner institutions around the globe through technology so students can learn about each other from each other. The primary activity of this organization is the Global Understanding program (Chia et al, 2011). However, additional activities have stemmed from these collaborations. Patricia (Patch) Clark, a Theatre professor at East Carolina University, reports on one such activity. In 2008, Prof. Clark began working with GPE partner institutions in the Global Classroom to enhance her Youth Theatre Course. Since then she has worked with partner institutions in Peru, Russia and Beijing during which time students exchange folk tales from their respective cultures. This report focuses on the collaboration between Patch Clark and her students and the students of Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola in Lima, Peru which resulted in a youth theatre production called “All Aboard South America!”