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Education Re-imagined: Designing a School Within a School Around Creativity and Entrepreneurship: facilitated by Dr. Yong Zhao

Katherine E. Franco Center - (11) - - KEF-103 Library - KEF - 103
Full day commitment required. Attendees: interested faculty and parents from
all three divisions, administration, interested alumni, and students grade 8-12.
RSVP to Shassidy Garcia at garcias@miamicountryday.org / 305.779.7200 ext. 6783
8:00-9:00: Why we are here: The need for a new paradigm of education?
9:10-10:30: Implementing the new paradigm: Element One: Student Autonomy and Personalization of Education
10:30-11: Break
11-12:30: Implementing the new paradigm: Element Two: Product-Oriented Learning
12:30-1:30: Lunch
1:30-3:00: Implementing the new paradigm: Element Three: Globalized Campus
3:00-3:30: Summary: What Needs to be Undone

Dr. Zhao is an internationally-known scholar, author, and speaker. He is currently the Foundations Distinguished Professor in the School of Education at the University of Kansas. He is also a teaching fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Health and Education Policy at Victoria University in Australia. To listen to one of Dr. Zhao’s TEDx talks, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOXAJzqm2Rw

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