Tomorrow's Innovators

Tomorrow’s Innovators: Essential Skills For A Changing World focuses on approaches and methods to help teachers infuse their basic subject matter lessons with creativity, innovation, and adaptability. On a broader scale, we provide elementary and middle school educators with insights into current educational issues and suggestions for converting new ideas into practical classroom applications.

Dennis Adams, Ph.D., is a Canadian educational consultant who has taught classes at McGill University in Montreal. He is author of more than 12 books and a hundred journal articles on various educational topics. Mary Hamm is a Professor at San Francisco State University. Her specialties are science and mathematics. She has worked on both science and math standards project and has published more than 10 books and 80 journal articles on these topics.

Preface Chapter 1: Introduction: Essential Skills in a Changing World Chapter 2: Thinking and Learning in a technologically-intensive world Chapter 3: Collaborative Learning: A Role for Small Groups in Preparing Tomorrow's Innovators Chapter 4: Communication Technologies Chapter 5: Science and Math: Focus, Inquiry, and Creative Problem Solving Chapter 6: Reading and Writing: Literacy and Language Skills in a Changing World Chapter 7: Arts Education: Connections, Knowledge, and Informed Encounters