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The Drivers

Transforming Learning for Students, Schools, and Systems

By: Michael Fullan, Joanne Quinn

From the renowned authors of Coherence, this must-have new book on systems change will rock your world—so students can change the world for good.

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Product Details

Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9781071855010
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2023
Page Count: 184
Publication date: July 28, 2023

Price: $31.95

Description

Be bold. Think big. Change Schools.

Everyday we’re problem solving—but deep down we know the system is no longer working. Do we just keep trying harder, or do we dare to transform how we “do school?”

In The Drivers: Transforming Learning for Students, Schools, and Systems, renowned authors Michael Fullan and Joanne Quinn build on their previous books and lay out a complete model for transforming teaching and learning. The goal: making sure students are actually prepared to live and thrive in the complex world around them. Learn to:

Orient students, staff, and community around the four drivers: wellbeing and learning, social intelligence, equality investments, systemness
Believe that young people can generate more l magic in the world if we enable them
Take cues from five school communities who have successfully embarked on system change
Lead, develop, and connect with others at different stages of system change

Schools are not meant to be solely feeders to MBAs, Ph.Ds, or corporate boardrooms. When we see schools as local hubs of innovation, and model for students what it means to be community-focused, we will renew the relevancy of our most valuable institutions.

Key features

In this new book, educational leaders will learn:

The four right drivers
The four elements of learning design
How to empower the collective
How to empower individuals through connected autonomy

Author(s)

Michael Fullan

Michael Fullan currently serves as co-leader of the New Pedagogies for Deep Learning global initiative. He is the former Dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. Prior to his work as an educator, Fullan acted as Special Policy Adviser to Premier Dalton McGuinty in Ontario from 2003 to 2013. Fullan received the Order of Canada in December 2012, as well as five honorary doctorates from various universities around the world. Currently, Fullan and his team focus on system transformation in education across multiple countries. For more information, visit www.michaefullan.ca.

Joanne Quinn

Joanne Quinn is an international consultant and author on system change, leadership, and learning. As co-founder and global director of New Pedagogies for Deep Learning, she leads the capacity building of a global innovation partnership across eight countries focused on transforming learning. Joanne has provided leadership at all levels of education as a superintendent of education, implementation advisor to the Ontario Ministry of Education, and Director of Continuing Education at the University of Toronto. Recent books include Coherence: The Right Drivers in Action for Schools, Districts, and Systems; The Taking Action Guide for Building Coherence in Schools, Districts, and Systems; and Deep Learning: Engage the World, Change the World. Joanne's diverse leadership roles and her passion to open windows of opportunity for all give her a unique perspective on influencing positive change.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

About the Authors

Prefrace

Where to From Here?

Driver 1: Well-Being and Learning

Driver 2: Social and Machine Intelligence

Driver 3: Equity-Equity Investments

Driver 4: Systtemness: Everyone's Agenda

Deep-Learning: The Future Depends on It

Epilogue: The Humanity Paradigm in Action

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Reviews

Fullan and Quinn make the case for an educational paradigm that places humanity and its needs at the center. In clear and compelling language, they explain how we can move quickly from the schools we have to the ones our society needs. For those who recognize that education is critical
to creating a more just and equitable future, this book will serve as a guide and source of inspiration.

Pedro Noguera
University of Southern California

The Drivers is truly a book for the moment. Fullan and Quinn offer a set of interlocking design principles, brought to life by cases of school- and district-level transformation, which light a way toward a future where all can thrive. The book manages to be both clear-eyed and aspirational—a
combination that will resonate with stakeholders at all levels of the system.

Sarah Fine
High Tech High Graduate School of Education

This book is an engaging must-read for all educators involved in systems change because it offers strategies centered on
the humanity and well-being of stakeholders. It will help you rebuild a framework around systems change with meaningful insights from successful school communities around the world.

Michele Broadnax
Los Angeles Education Partnership

Fullan and Quinn have braided together some of the most important, current, and cutting-edge research with a clear understanding of the challenges of moving theory to practice. This book offers powerful advice on shifts that must happen in our school system and society if we are ever
to achieve the pluralistic, multiracial democracy we have promised to our children.

Jeff Duncan-Andrade
San Francisco State University

A timely book that provides an innovative approach to education. Fullan and Quinn draw on extensive international and practical experience to comprehensively understand the drivers essential for fostering change in education. This is a must-read for educators, policy makers, and anyone interested in positively impacting education and the world.

Leandro Folgar Ruétalo,
Ceibal

This is truly great work—an arresting and compelling guide to transforming our systems of education. It demands the exercise of our crucial role as stewards in service to and in cooperation with others. The Drivers reactivates the lifeblood of a human system of learning.

Anthony Mackay
National Center on Education & the Economy

Fullan and Quinn’s passionate and easy-to-read book is a call to action that will inspire and inform those seeking to transform our education system so that every learner has the deep learning required to survive and thrive in a complex world. This is what is needed to drive the necessary transformation of our schools.

Sandra Milligan
Melbourne Graduate School of Education

Fullan and Quinn’s four interrelated drivers build an ecosystem that enables learners to live with themselves, live with people who are different from them, and live with the planet. This is the daring and ambitious agenda we need given the challenges humanity faces.

Andreas Schleicher
OECD

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