Verkkothis article will examine the ways in which literature has sparked social change by questioning cultural conventions, igniting action, and encouraging. Verkkoour framework helps change agents understand how their work might intersect with other initiatives within transformation processes. Verkkofinally, i call for a new form of learning, specifically aiming at societal transformation with students as agents of change that i label critical social transformative learning. Verkkothis includes a discussion of methodologies that are commensurate with a transformative approach, the role of the researcher as a social change.