The Take-Action Guide to World Class Learners Book 2: How to "Make" Product-Oriented Learning Happen - Tapa blanda

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Your blueprint  for product-oriented learning

This visionary guide from internationally respected expert Dr. Yong Zhao provides the most complete information available on designing twenty-first century schools poised to leapfrog into the future! This follow up to Zhao’s World Class Learners digs much deeper, revealing how exactly to put his paradigm shift into effect, one component at a time.

Detailed strategies outline how to

• Cultivate a “making-as-learning” POL environment 
• Create quality student-initiated products
• Understand copyrights and patents 

Use this comprehensive guide to reimagine your classroom, school, or district and foster a new spirit of achievement and entrepreneurship. 

Biografía del autor

Yong Zhao currently serves as the Presidential Chair and Director of the Institute for Global and Online Education in the College of Education, University of Oregon, where he is also a Professor in the Department of Educational Measurement, Policy, and Leadership. He is also a professorial fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Health and Education Policy, Victoria University. His works focus on the implications of globalization and technology on education. He has published over 100 articles and 20 books, including Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon: Why China has the Best (and Worst) Education System in the World, Catching Up or Leading the Way: American Education in the Age of Globalization and World Class Learners: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students. He is a recipient of the Early Career Award from the American Educational Research Association and was named one of the 2012 10 most influential people in educational technology by the Tech & Learn Magazine. He is an elected fellow of the International Academy for Education. His latest book World Class Learners has won several awards including the Society of Professors of Education Book Award (2013), Association of Education Publishers’ (AEP) Judges’ Award and Distinguished Achievement Award in Education Leadership(2013).