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Difference Making at the Heart of Learning
Students, Schools, and Communities Alive With Possibility
Foreword by Larry Rosenstock
December 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
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
