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

by Yong Zhao

Your blueprint  for product-oriented learningThis 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. 

 

203 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 8, 2016

About the author

Yong Zhao is a Foundation Distinguished Professor in the School of Education, with a courtesy appointment in the School of Business, at the University of Kansas. He is also a global chair in education at East China Normal University. He previously served as the presidential chair and director of the Institute for Global and Online Education in the College of Education, University of Oregon, where he was also a professor in the Department of Educational Measurement, Policy, and Leadership. Prior to Oregon, Yong Zhao was University Distinguished Professor at the College of Education, Michigan State University, where he also served as the founding director of the Center for Teaching and Technology and executive director of the Confucius Institute as well as the US-China Center for Research on Educational Excellence. His works focus on the implications of globalization and technology on education. He has published over 100 articles and 30 books.