Dorset Innovation Hub Community of Practice - Learning from Covid 19
Dorset Innovation Hub Community of Practice - Learning from Covid 19
Wed, Dec 14, 2022 1:00 PM GMT (+00:00)
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Learning by Heart: Creating "Innovation-Ready" Students for the Future
How can we help our kids become more creative and "innovation-ready"? We welcome Tony Wagner, PhD, renowned author and education expert.
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In a world where knowledge has become a free commodity, students need the capacity to solve problems creatively—in a word, to innovate.
Tony Wagner, PhD, bestselling author of The Global Achievement Gap and Creating Innovators, will discuss how we can prepare our students to bring the skills of innovation to whatever they do. He will also show a a short clip from the award-winning documentary film, “Most Likely to Succeed.”
A globally recognized expert in education, Tony Wagner served as founder and co-director of the Change Leadership Group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Tony’s memoir, Learning By Heart: An Unconventional Education, was published in April 2020. Wagner earned an MAT and an EdD at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education.
Parents/caregivers, students, educators, mental health professionals, and community members welcome! Free admission. Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be available.
This special event is sponsored by generous donors from the Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation and the San Mateo County Office of Education, in partnership with The Parent Venture.
Questions? Contact Charlene Margot, MA, Co-Founder and CEO, The Parent Venture (The Parent Education Series), at cmargot@parentventure.org.
