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PublisherCorwin Press

ISBN-101071814850

ISBN-139781071814857

eBay Product ID (ePID)19050095240

Product Key Features

Number of Pages136 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameDifference Making at the Heart of Learning : Students, Schools, and Communities Alive with Possibility

Publication Year2020

SubjectGeneral

TypeNot Available

Subject AreaReference, Education

AuthorEmily Liebtag, Tom Vander Ark

FormatBook, Other

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight10 Oz

Item Length9.9 in

Item Width7 in

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LCCN2020-030592

ReviewsA clarion call for helping students build purpose, passions, and how they will contribute into schooling, which is critical if we are to enable all children to fulfill their human potential--and our societal possibilities. Michael B. Horn Co-founder, Clayton Christenson Institute for Disruptive Innovation Author, Choosing Collegeand Blended

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal370.1523

Table Of ContentForewordPrefaceThanks to Difference MakersAbout the AuthorsIntroductionPart I: We're All in This TogetherChapter 1: A New Mutuality Dislocation and Concentration Curbing the Misuse of Smart Machines New and Different Challenges The New Mutuality No Better Time to Make a DifferenceChapter 2: We Thrive by Contributing Contribution Is Ancient Wisdom Teaching Civic Virtues What If Impacting the World Was the Goal? Difference Making Is Motivating The Psychology Behind Making a Difference Difference Making Is Easier Than Ever The Coming Social Economy Contribution Builds CommunitiesChapter 3: Earth Owner's Manual Driving Questions 25 Most Important Issues of Our Time How to Get StartedPart II: Everyone Has a Big Next StepChapter 4: Learning to Lead New Priorities Equity at the Heart of Leadership Building Personal Effectiveness Developing Agency Cultivating Global Citizenship Entrepreneurial Mindset Exercising Collaboration Design Thinking New Priorities Power Community ChangeChapter 5: Purpose Powers Contribution On Calling Passion as a SkillChapter 6: Communities of Contribution Leadership and Service Technology and Design Health, Food, and Nature Entrepreneurship The Arts The Emerging Social EconomyPart III: Difference Making: Schools Alive With PossibilityChapter 7: A New History A Return to Place and PurposeChapter 8: Contribution at the Core Difference Making as the Priority Time and Support for Difference Making Community-Connected Contribution Difference Making With an Equity Commitment Educators as Difference MakersChapter 9: Colleges for Contribution The College Identity Crisis Enabling Contribution in Health Sciences The Case for Contribution in College The University of Difference Making Engineering for Impact Climate Action Learn and Earn New Roads to ContributionConclusionBibliographyIndex

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

SynopsisToday's learners know they face a complex future. They yearn to live in a world where people are working with purpose, leading with character, and making a difference. Learning to identify problems and use smart tools to develop meaningful solutions will help students make a difference in their families, in their communities, and for society. They need your help. This inspirational yet practical guide shows educators how to build on students' own talents and interests to develop their desire for a better world, entrepreneurial mindset, and personal leadership skills. Features include New learning priorities centered around making a difference, A framework based on the 25 most important issues of our time, Examples and case studies from a diverse range of projects, people, and places Students learn more when they fee! a sense of purpose. With adults like you to guide them, they'll be ready to make a difference-and shape the world to come. Book jacket., Your students will change the world! Today's learners face a complex future, where multilayered technological and societal issues will require new ways of problem-solving. This inspirational yet practical guide helps educators, counselors, and youth-development leaders build on students' talents and interests to develop their desire for a better world, entrepreneurial mindset and personal leadership skills--so they can make a difference to their families, their communities, and society. Features include: ? New learning priorities centered around difference making ? A framework based on the 25 most important issues of our time ? Examples and case studies from a diverse range of projects, people, and places, Your students will change the world! Today's learners know they face a complex future. They yearn to live in a world where people are working with purpose, leading with character and making a difference. Learning to identify problems and use smart tools to develop meaningful solutions will help them make a difference in their families, their communities and for society. They need your help. This inspirational, yet practical guide shows educators how to build on students' own talents and interests to develop their desire for a better world, entrepreneurial mindset and personal leadership skills. Features include: New learning priorities centered around making a difference A framework based on the 25 most important issues of our time Examples and case studies from a diverse range of projects, people, and places Students learn more when they feel a sense of purpose. With adults like you to guide them, they'll be ready to make a difference--and shape the world to come., Diverse case studies and a framework based on timely issues help educators focus students' talents and interests on developing an entrepreneurial mindset and leadership skills.

LC Classification NumberLB1060.V36 2021