Overview
Lessons in meaning and mattering: How educators can pivot for purpose and empower their students to find meaning and confidence
From the co-founders of B-Unbound, a transformative learning program that empowers young people through community engagement
In an age of AI and accelerating change, education must move beyond standardization and performance to become a human-centered practice that helps young people discover meaning, know they matter, and learn how to navigate their lives with purpose and responsibility.
In The Education Pivot, Pam Roy and Elliot Washor argue that the crisis in education is not a failure of students or educators, but of a system that has lost sight of its purpose. Drawing on the work of psychiatrist and philosopher Viktor Frankl, the authors center the book on two essential human needs that schools too often overlook: meaning–the motivational force that calls us to contribute to the world and mattering–the deep knowing that who we are and what we do makes a difference.
Grounded in nearly three decades of experience from Big Picture Learning and related initiatives, the authors show how schools and communities can design learning around relationships, real-world experiences, personal agency, and authentic assessment, without abandoning public education.
From the co-founders of B-Unbound, a transformative learning program that empowers young people through community engagement
In an age of AI and accelerating change, education must move beyond standardization and performance to become a human-centered practice that helps young people discover meaning, know they matter, and learn how to navigate their lives with purpose and responsibility.
In The Education Pivot, Pam Roy and Elliot Washor argue that the crisis in education is not a failure of students or educators, but of a system that has lost sight of its purpose. Drawing on the work of psychiatrist and philosopher Viktor Frankl, the authors center the book on two essential human needs that schools too often overlook: meaning–the motivational force that calls us to contribute to the world and mattering–the deep knowing that who we are and what we do makes a difference.
Grounded in nearly three decades of experience from Big Picture Learning and related initiatives, the authors show how schools and communities can design learning around relationships, real-world experiences, personal agency, and authentic assessment, without abandoning public education.
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