Full Description
Your blueprint to entrepreneur-minded schooling
The Take-Action Guide to World Class Learners series provides the most complete information available on designing twenty-first century schools poised to leapfrog into the future! These practice-oriented books expand on Dr. Yong Zhao's acclaimedWorld Class Learners, which presents a new framework for cultivating creative and entrepreneurial students. Now, with this first book in the follow-up three-volume set, Zhao digs much deeper, revealing how exactly to put that framework into effect.
This first book in the series provides specific strategies and practical advice on how to
Incorporate student choice for flexible, student-focused curriculum
Motivate students to turn strengths into passions
Cultivate students' technical, creative, decision making, and communication skills
Implement Zhao's new paradigm shift one phase at a time, starting with Book 1. Better yet, read all three volumes for a complete blueprint to entrepreneur-minded schooling.
"The ideal school should provide opportunities and resources to enable students to personalize their educational experiences instead of receiving a uniform standardized, externally prescribed, education diet."
--Yong Zhao
Contents
Introduction: Making World Class Learners
1. Personalization and Autonomy
2. Creating Your Own School: What Student-driven Curriculum Looks Like
3. Helping Students Turn Strengths Into Passions
4. Curriculum Flexibility and Breadth: Personalization With the Common Core
5. Mentoring and Guidance: The Role of Adults
6. Flexible Spaces, Schedules, and Roles: Enabling Personalization
7. Collaboration and Technology: Utilizing External Resources for Personalization
8. Autonomy With Responsibility: Preparing Ethical Entrepreneurs
