Difference Making at the Heart of Learning

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

Klappentext

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.

  Zusammenfassung
  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.

  Inhalt

  Foreword
  Preface
  Thanks to Difference Makers
  About the Authors
  Introduction
  Part I: We're All in This Together
  Chapter 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 Difference
  Chapter 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 Communities
  Chapter 3: Earth Owner's Manual
  Driving Questions
  25 Most Important Issues of Our Time
  How to Get Started
  Part II: Everyone Has a Big Next Step
  Chapter 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 Change
  Chapter 5: Purpose Powers Contribution
  On Calling
  Passion as a Skill
  Chapter 6: Communities of Contribution
  Leadership and Service
  Technology and Design
  Health, Food, and Nature
  Entrepreneurship
  The Arts
  The Emerging Social Economy
  Part III: Difference Making: Schools Alive With Possibility
  Chapter 7: A New History
  A Return to Place and Purpose
  Chapter 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 Makers
  Chapter 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 Contribution
  Conclusion
  Bibliography
  Index