Full Description
Realizing more promising futures starts in the here and now. This book seeks to help young people learn how to become the creative authors of their own lives by approaching current and future uncertainties with an unshakeable sense of possibility. It describes how students can benefit from opportunities to develop their confidence and competence in taking creative action in the face of uncertainty by design. It introduces a framework for educators, researchers, and parents to understand, design, and examine efforts aimed at helping young people learn how and when to unleash their creative potential, now and into the future.
Contents
Preface; Part I. Approaching Uncertain Futures: 1. What Do We Owe Students?; 2. Designing for Likely Futures; 3. Designing for Uncertain Futures; 4. Start with Uncertainty; Part II. Designing for Uncertain Futures: 5. Structuring Uncertainty; 6. Seeing the Possible in Uncertainty; 7. To Act or Not to Act; 8. Making Principled Contributions; Avanti. From What Is to What Could Be; References; Index.
