Agents of Impact
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Agents of Impact

How Education Can Empower Students to Change Themselves, Their Communities, and Their World (Empower students to create meaningful change and cultivate agency in their own learning.)

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eBook - ePub

Agents of Impact

How Education Can Empower Students to Change Themselves, Their Communities, and Their World (Empower students to create meaningful change and cultivate agency in their own learning.)

About this book

Empower students to take charge of their learning and make a meaningful impact. This resource emphasizes the importance of student agency, highlighting how schools can help students recognize their potential, set goals, and create lasting change in their lives and communities. It advocates for education reform that focuses on student-centered learning and purpose in an ever-evolving world.


Readers will:
  • Validate students' potential and capability with increased autonomy in their own learning
  • Build networks between schools and families to support student learning and belonging
  • Encourage active pursuit or creation of opportunities to nurture student interests and aims
  • Train students in ethical considerations and applications of AI technology
  • Empower students with greater self-confidence in their search for purpose and belonging

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Scale of Impact
Interlude I: Time, Energy, and the Promissory Note of School
Chapter 2: What Students Need to Make an Impact
Interlude II: Impact, Motivation, and the Illusion of Deferred Impact
Chapter 3: The Exercise of Agency
Interlude III: Impact, Agency, and Purpose
Chapter 4: Schools, Families, and Policy as Contexts for Student Agency
Interlude IV: Freedom From Systemic Limits
Chapter 5: Opportunity Finding
Interlude V: Risk Taking, Opportunity Finding, Agency, and Creativity
Chapter 6: Promising Approaches to Prepare Students to Make an Impact
Interlude VI: Uncertainty and Struggle as Catalysts for Curiosity and Creativity
Chapter 7: Impact in the Age of AI
Interlude VII: Conformity, Technology, and Ethical Considerations
Epilogue
References and Resources
Index

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Yes, you can access Agents of Impact by G. Williamson McDiarmid,Ronald A. Beghetto,Yong Zhao in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Education General. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Solution Tree Press
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781958590522
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education General

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Table of Contents
  6. About the Authors
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 The Scale of Impact
  9. Interlude I: Time, Energy, and the Promissory Note of School
  10. 2 What Students Need to Make an Impact
  11. Interlude II: Impact, Motivation, and the Illusion of Deferred Impact
  12. 3 The Exercise of Agency
  13. Interlude III: Impact, Agency, and Purpose
  14. 4 Schools, Families, and Policy as Contexts for Student Agency
  15. Interlude IV: Freedom From Systemic Limits
  16. 5 Opportunity Finding
  17. Interlude V: Risk Taking, Opportunity Finding, Agency, and Creativity
  18. 6 Promising Approaches to Prepare Students to Make an Impact
  19. Interlude VI: Uncertainty and Struggle as Catalysts for Curiosity and Creativity
  20. 7 Impact in the Age of AI
  21. Interlude VII: Conformity, Technology, and Ethical Considerations
  22. Epilogue
  23. References and Resources
  24. Index