Calling All Innovators - 5 Essential Practices Schools Must Adopt | AlterNet | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
From www.alternet.org - April 12, 2012 7:52 PM
The five essential practices schools must adopt to build the innovators our future demands.

What are the five essential practices?

* Collaboration (vs Individual Achievement)

* Multidisciplinary Learning (vs Learning Specialization)

* Trial and Error (vs Risk Avoidance)

* Creating (vs Consuming)

* Intrinsic (vs Extrinsic) Motivation

Tony Wagner has spent the last several years looking at how US schools can educate young people to become innovators, interviewing "scores of highly innovative 20-somethings." Read this article to learn much more.