Future Driven: Will Your Students Thrive in an Unpredictable World?

by David Geurin EdD

In Future Driven, David Geurin describes how to conquer the status quo, create authentic learning, and help your students thrive in an unpredictable world. He shares how to simultaneously be more committed to your mission while being more flexible with your methods.

You'll discover strategies to help students learn transferable skills. You'll find ways to inspire creative, adaptable learning. Ultimately, you'll invest in tomorrow by helping your students become world changers today.

Future Driven is a passionate, compelling forecast that urges all educators to engage smartly with what is coming. Teaching learners in this era of knowledge abundance requires teachers to take risks and for leaders to embrace change. A future focus, combined with action today, will ensure students are prepared for whatever they face. We need to have a long-term perspective, and so do our students.

If we are going to prepare students for an increasingly complex and uncertain world, schools must be future-driven organizations. And if you are going to make a lasting difference and create a better tomorrow for students, you are needed as a future-driven educator. It's time to push your limits and push the limits of others, too.

Future Driven will challenge you to move forward boldly to prepare students for a rapidly changing world.

Genres: Education, Teaching

Audible Audio

Published September 12, 2018

Reviews

[Randy Ades · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great read

Future Driven is an excellent book that prescribe s that K-12 education should be more student centered and less like a time capsule and more like a time machine. Could be a little shorter.

[Taylor Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wanted to like this book a lot because I think the concept is fantastic - we need to make sure we are preparing students for the unpredictable future. But, I felt like this book seemed more like inspiration for people who aren’t on board with the idea rather than a practical guide or information to make it happen.

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great reminder of the importance of placing students before the adults in the school. And a wonderful compilation of research.

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

I give this book a 5-star rating and I would recommend this to any educator no matter the grade you teach. This book gave me much insight into how educators can look into the future (be "future ready") to prepare their current students to reach their potential. Before I read this book, I thought it was important to go through life teaching what is current and taking it day by day. When reading this, I could open my eyes and see that the school system needs changing and that starts with me. We like to focus on a standardized way of teaching and blame others instead of creating change. I love the line "It's disappointing to think any teacher would think the solution to their problems is better kids. We can't pick who we teach. We teach them all. They are potential world changers" (pg. 32). I will say I was one of those people who would blame things like parents or technology. After reading this, I now will focus on my students to make learning an enjoyable experience where they do not want the learning to end. I want to be an educator who believes in every student because they are the future (world changers) and you never know the influence you may have as a teacher. We must "focus on what students are becoming not just on who they are right now" (pg. 17). This book has made me want to be passionate and an innovator in the classroom and to pass this on to my students.

[Mrs. Kochheiser · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outstanding! Drinking in all the ideas and inspiration! So happy to own this!

[Shauna]

An excellent book! Thank you for helping us to think about how simple it is for educators to help their students to prepare for the future.