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Difference Making at the Heart of Learning
Students, Schools, and Communities Alive With Possibility

Foreword by Larry Rosenstock



October 2020 | 136 pages | Corwin

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.

 
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

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Key features
This book will provide education leaders and teachers with a guide to:
  • Helping teachers and schools adjust to new educational priorities
  • Developing entrepreneurial skills in students
  • Helping students identify problems in society and develop meaningful solutions
  • Helping students recognize their gifts and talents, and what they can contribute to the world around them
  • Community Toolkit to help individual teachers and system leaders get started

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