Lifelong Kindergarten, Mitchel Resnick
Lifelong Kindergarten, Mitchel Resnick
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Lifelong Kindergarten
Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play

Author: Mitchel Resnick

Narrator: Charles Constant

Unabridged: 4 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/18/2019


Synopsis

In kindergartens these days, children spend more time with math worksheets and phonics flashcards than building blocks and finger paint. Kindergarten is becoming more like the rest of school. In Lifelong Kindergarten, learning expert Mitchel Resnick argues for exactly the opposite: the rest of school (even the rest of life) should be more like kindergarten. To thrive in today's fast-changing world, people of all ages must learn to think and act creatively—and the best way to do that is by focusing more on imagining, creating, playing, sharing, and reflecting, just as children do in traditional kindergartens.

Drawing on experiences from more than thirty years at MIT's Media Lab, Resnick discusses new technologies and strategies for engaging young people in creative learning experiences. He tells stories of how children are programming their own games, stories, and inventions (for example, a diary security system, created by a twelve-year-old girl), and collaborating through remixing, crowdsourcing, and large-scale group projects. By providing young people with opportunities to work on projects, based on their passions, in collaboration with peers, in a playful spirit, we can help them prepare for a world where creative thinking is more important than ever before.

About Mitchel Resnick

Mitchel Resnick, an expert in educational technologies, is LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab. His research group develops the Scratch programming software and online community, the world's largest coding platform for kids. He has worked closely with the LEGO company on educational ideas and products, such as the LEGO Mindstorms robotics kits, and he cofounded the Computer Clubhouse project, an international network of after-school learning centers for youth from low-income communities.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Katrina on May 15, 2018

1 – Creative Learning p.4 – Today’s young people will be confronted with new and unexpected situations throughout their lives. They must learn to deal creatively with uncertainty and change – not only in their work-lives, but also in personal lives (how to develop and sustain friendships in an era of......more

Goodreads review by Greg on July 15, 2018

I wanted to love it. The ideas behind the lifelong learning program at MIT are very interesting but the author seemed to just keep going back to Scratch as if it is the only project worth talking about.......more

Goodreads review by Carolyn on January 20, 2018

In The Chronicle of Higher Education, the interview with the author, a prof at MIT, was promising enough to prompt me to acquire the book. Resnick attempts to answer the question, “How can we help young people develop as creative thinkers so that they’re prepared for life in this ever-changing world......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on October 01, 2017

Hopeful. Positive. Some ideas are more hopeful than others. I think the author occasionally engages in overreach, but he's clearly a man who is doing a lot of good in the world, and he gets much more right than he gets wrong.......more

Goodreads review by Suzanne on December 05, 2017

Loved his ideas. Did not like how he kept presenting his own businesses and work as the only back-up for the ideas he presented. Possibly could have been an excellent long article or essay, instead of an entire book.......more