The World Becomes What We Teach: Educating a Generation of Solutionaries

by Zoe Weil

Overview

How can we create a just, healthy, and humane world? What is the path to developing sustainable energy, food, transportation, production, construction, and other systems? What’s the best strategy to end poverty and ensure that everyone has equal rights? How can we slow the rate of extinction and restore ecosystems? How can we learn to resolve conflicts without violence and treat other people and nonhuman animals with respect and compassion? The answer to all these questions lies with one underlying system—schooling. To create a more sustainable, equitable, and peaceful world, we must reimagine education and prepare a generation to be solutionaries—young people with the knowledge, tools, and motivation to create a better future. This book describes how we can (and must) transform education and teaching; create such a generation; and build such a future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590565186
Publisher:	Lantern Publishing & Media
Publication date:	06/01/2021
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	381,818
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Zoe Weil is the co-founder and president of the Institute for Humane Education (IHE). She is the author of several books.

Table of Contents

Preface 1

Introduction 3

Part I Why Schools Must Change 11

Part II Educating Young People to Be Solutionaries 33

Appendix A Vision of Solutionary Schools 81

Further Reading 93

Organizations and Resources in Education 103

Acknowledgments 107

About the Institute for Humane Education

About the Author

About the Publisher