International Expert Reveals How to Increase Engagement and Achievement for Modern-Day K-12 Learners

Bloomington, Ind. (August 21, 2018)— In Future-Focused Learning—published by Solution Tree—author Lee Watanabe-Crockett outlines ten core shifts of practice, each rooted in future-focused learning, that educators can implement regardless of their current teaching pedagogy.

“Future-Focused Learning is a holistic approach in which learners strive together to find and solve real-world problems that matter,” explained Watanabe-Crockett. “They focus beyond the curriculum with the goal of gaining an interlinked real-world education and cultivating capabilities essential to ensure their success beyond school.”

Each chapter presents a shift, explains what it is, and shows how it benefits learning. The ten core shifts include:

• Essential and herding questions
• Connection through context and relevance
• Personalized learning
• Challenge of higher-order-thinking skills
• Information fluency for research skills
• Process-oriented learning
• Learning intentions and success criteria
• Learner-created knowledge
• Mindful assessment
• Self- and peer assessment

In addition to the ten core shifts, each chapter offers three small changes—or microshifts—that readers can implement and concludes with a series of guiding questions for further reflection.

“It doesn’t matter which shift an educator implements first, only that eventually they work through them all,” explained Watanabe-Crockett. “By focusing on these shifts, they will transform education from explicit teaching to future-focused learning for their learners, one microshift at a time.”

Kathleen Baker Brown, assistant principal of Parap Primary School in Darwin, Australia, highly recommended the title, stating, “By implementing Lee Watanabe-Crockett’s highly effective coaching processes, I have seen professional transformation take place in the form of renewed teacher practice and increased student engagement. If you strive to transform teaching and learning based on depth of inquiry, collaboration, and creativity, you must engage with this book.”

Future-Focused Learning is now available to order at SolutionTree.com/Future-Focused.

About the Author
Lee Watanabe-Crockett is an author, speaker, designer, inspirational thinker, and the creative force behind some of the most exciting transformations in education happening worldwide. His best-selling books, including Literacy is NOT Enough, Growing Global Digital Citizens, and Mindful Assessment, have garnered many awards and are used in schools and universities around the world.

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