284 - Joanne McEachen on Contributive Learning

<p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">This month on <em>Getting Smart,</em> the podcasts will be focused on the theme of difference-making <span style="color: #14171a;">— which is also t</span>he subject of a new book launched just this week by Tom Vander Ark and Emily Liebtag, <em>Difference Making at the Heart of Learning: Students, Schools, and Communities Alive With Possibility.</em></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">To kick things off, Joanne McEachen is joining the podcast to have a conversation with Tom about her newest book, <em>The Depthvale Detectives and the Great Education Crisis: A Guide to Contributive Learning in Schools</em>. Joanne is the founder and CEO of The Learner First, an international education consultancy. The ‘welcome’ to her new book, <em>The Depthvale Detectives and the Great Education Crisis,</em> promises that all students can learn to contribute and add to the world in all manners of ways. And, when they do, no matter their plans or pursuits, they’ll have what they need to find real success. This book is a story for both educators, parents, and students about using your powers (AKA what you’re learning) for good. These powers can help you discover what it takes to contribute and how to make wellbeing, meaning, and fulfillment the ultimate outcomes of all that you do.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">In Joanne’s conversation with Tom, they discuss how schools can commit to contributive learning so that all students can learn how to add to the world, what is important to measure, the key elements of deep learning, and the fascinating five-phase change process that she outlines in her newest book, <em>The Depthvale Detectives and the Great Education Crisis.</em></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[:10] About today’s episode.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif;">[1:06] Tom welcomes Joanne McEac