Pushing the Limits: How Schools Can Prepare Our Children Today for the Challenges of Tomorrow

Pushing the Limits: How Schools Can Prepare Our Children Today for the Challenges of Tomorrow
ISBN-10
0385685394
ISBN-13
9780385685399
Series
Pushing the Limits
Category
Education
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2017-08-29
Publisher
Doubleday Canada
Authors
Kelly Gallagher-Mackay, Nancy Steinhauer

Description

How do we prepare children for a future we can't even imagine? Across Canada, a debate swirls around what our children will need to know in the face of huge technological, economic, social and political change. The question has become an ideological battleground, and there is a hunger for a deeper understanding of what we should be doing to prepare children now for the challenges of the future. This timely, important book is an answer to that call. In Pushing the Limits, Kelly Gallagher-Mackay and Nancy Steinhauer draw on their experiences as educational leaders to reveal that the schools of the future exist in the here and now. They introduce us to extraordinary Canadian public schools, deeply rooted in their communities, that are fostering innovators, nimble problem-solvers and engaged citizens, boosting math comprehension, cultivating creativity and using technology to broaden the parameters of learning. And they explore why the role of schools is expanding to nurture students' social-emotional skills and growth mindsets, and how vital this broader definition of education is to children's long-term health, happiness and success. This book provides a vision of what schooling can and should look like in our rapidly shifting world and explores how we—parents and teachers—can realize this vision together.

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