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

"Alive with Possibility is a guidebook for preparing "future ready" kids. With Vander Ark's help, students will be taught to embrace their passions, adapt to an ever-changing marketplace, utilize and hone the skills they already have, and develop new talents. With these lessons, students will be prepared to face everything up to and including the unknown"--
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