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Creating Innovators

Autor Tony Wagner
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 feb 2015

Subliniem de la început că Creating Innovators nu este un tratat teoretic, ci un ghid aplicat care pornește de la studiile de caz ale unor tineri vizionari. Tony Wagner analizează parcursul unor figuri precum Kirk Phelps, manager de produs pentru primul iPhone, sau Jodie Wu, care a revoluționat agricultura în Tanzania, pentru a identifica tiparele de educație care le-au susținut creativitatea. Prin aceste exemple concrete, autorul demonstrează cum adulții din jurul lor au transformat eșecul într-o resursă pedagogică și au cultivat perseverența. Credem că elementul distinctiv al acestei lucrări este triada „joc, pasiune, scop”, pe care Wagner o propune ca alternativă la sistemul educațional bazat pe conformitate. Structura cărții ne poartă prin școli și medii de lucru de avangardă, unde învățarea interdisciplinară și rezolvarea de probleme în colaborare înlocuiesc memorarea mecanică. Această abordare continuă temele din Învață cu inima, unde autorul își expunea propriile eșecuri școlare, și din Learning by Heart, consolidând viziunea sa asupra unei educații centrate pe competențe, nu pe diplome. Recomandăm acest volum ca o alternativă necesară la The Innovator's Mindset de George Couros pentru cursurile de pedagogie și management educațional. Dacă lucrarea lui Couros se concentrează pe răspunsul educatorului la curiozitatea elevului, Creating Innovators aduce avantajul unei perspective integrate, care include vocea angajatorilor și a părinților, oferind o foaie de parcurs pentru întreg ecosistemul care formează un tânăr. Tonul este unul echilibrat, ancorat în realitățile economiei secolului XXI, oferind soluții practice pentru dezvoltarea motivației intrinseci.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781451611519
ISBN-10: 145161151X
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 153 x 228 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Editura: Scribner

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Despre autor

Tony Wagner este un specialist de prestigiu în educație, ocupând în prezent funcția de Expert In Residence la Innovation Lab din cadrul Universității Harvard. Cu o experiență vastă ce cuprinde roluri de profesor de liceu, director de școală și profesor universitar, Wagner a fondat organizația Educators for Social Responsibility. Experiența sa personală, marcată de parcursul său neconvențional ca elev și student, i-a modelat viziunea critică asupra sistemului de învățământ, temă centrală și în alte lucrări de succes precum The Global Achievement Gap sau Most Likely to Succeed.


Recenzii

"In this fascinating book, Tony Wagner addresses one of our most urgent questions: How do we create the next generation of innovators? By telling the stories of young creators, and by taking us inside cutting-edge programs, Wagner shows that the answer isn't to double-down on outmoded, formulaic solutions--but to embrace the principles of play, passion, and purpose. "Creating Innovators" is important reading for anyone concerned about the future."--Daniel H. Pink, author of "Drive" and "A Whole New Mind"
"To combat the competitive threat from economies like Brazil, Russia, India and China, we must develop empowered entrepreneurs and innovators. "Creating Innovators" is a masterful work that shows us how. Tony Wagner's case studies reveal more about these fine innovators than he may have realized. World leaders, business executives, educators, policy makers and parents, take note!"--Dr. Annmarie Neal Founder, Center for Leadership Innovation and Former Chief Talent Officer, Cisco Systems
"Tony Wagner makes a compelling case for how our education system has to change if we are to create the innovators we need to face tomorrow's challenges. If you are an educator, a parent of a child struggling with conventional education, or an employer looking to have a pipeline of creative talent, then read this book, take note of the ideas and play your part in creating the change we must make happen."--Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO
"In just the click of a mouse, we left the Industrial Age for the Information Age. Now just as quickly, we find ourselves in a new age of our society and economy; the Innovation Age. Tony Wagner and Bob Compton have provided a powerful tool for parents, educators and students seeking success in this new society and economy."--Dr. Tony Bennett, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction
"A pioneering and invaluable work about what it really takes to build innovation capability in society--by planting and cultivating innovators, one person at a time."--John Kao, Chairman of the Institute for Large Scale Innovation and author of "Innovation Nation"
"In the equation of world success, superior innovation is the only factor that can keep America #1. Two passionate citizens, innovators in their own right, have produced a compelling prescription for our time. Read it, watch it, and spread the word."--Mitch Daniels, Governor, State of Indiana
"Many have written about the paucity of innovation in America. Others have chronicled our schools' struggles to improve on dimensions of skills that matter. In this book, Wagner has positioned himself astride these critical challenges in a way that clarifies what we must do to address these problems, and how we can do it--making this a must read for anyone interested in the education of our nation."--Clayton Christensen, Professor, Harvard Business School, and author of "Disrupting Class"
"A seminal analysis promising hope for the future through small wonders in the classroom."--"Kirkus"
"A road map for parents who want to sculpt their children into innovative thinkers."--"USA Today"
"In my life I have met and worked with individuals who help create the world they live in--innovators. Their lives are so much more fulfilling than people who live in a world of someone else's creation. This book, in a clear, tangible way, explores how to help young people access skills of innovation and lead richer lives."--Brad Anderson, former CEO, Best Buy Corporation

Notă biografică

Tony Wagner is currently the first Innovation Education Fellow at the Technology & Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard and the founder and former co-director of the Change Leadership Group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Wagner consults widely to public and independent schools and foundations around the country and has served as Senior Advisor to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. A former high school teacher, K-8 principal, and university professor in teacher education, Wagner is a highly sought-after speaker and the author of four books, including The Global Achievement Gap."

Descriere

Tony Wagner's groundbreaking bestseller--"a road map for parents who want to sculpt their children into innovative thinkers" ("USA TODAY") and a guide for "an employer looking to have a pipeline of creative talent" (Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO).
Harvard education expert Tony Wagner explores what parents, teachers, and employers must do to develop the capacities of young people to become innovators. In profiling compelling young American innovators such as Kirk Phelps, product manager for Apple's first iPhone, and Jodie Wu, who founded a company that builds bicycle-powered maize shellers in Tanzania, Wagner reveals how the adults in their lives nurtured their creativity and sparked their imaginations, while teaching them to learn from failures and persevere. Play, passion, and purpose: These are the forces that drive young innovators.
Wagner takes readers into the most forward-thinking schools, colleges, and workplaces in the country, where teachers and employers are developing cultures of innovation based on collaboration, interdisciplinary problem-solving, and intrinsic motivation. The result is a timely, provocative, and inspiring manifesto that offers crucial insight into creating the change makers of tomorrow.