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Leveraging Students’ Self-Directed Learning to Transform K-12 Education

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<b>Explore how students are disrupting education by using digital resources to support self-direct learning</b> <p><i>Free Agent Learning: Leveraging Students’ Self-Directed Learning to Transform K-12 Education</i> explores an emerging cohort of students that are self-directing their learning around interest-driven topics, the tools they’re using to scaffold these experiences, and their motivations for these out-of-school learning behaviors. Readers will find new insights and frameworks for effectively leveraging the lived experiences of their students and transforming their schools’ cultures, norms and practices. <p>In this book, readers will learn how education leaders can translate a newly emerged understanding about students’ self-directed learning into actionable knowledge to improve teaching and learning <i>Free Agent Learners</i> also offers: <ul> <li>Info dispelling the myth that real learning only happens in a classroom</li> <li>Discussions of how modern students are using digital tools, content, and resources for purposeful learning outside of teacher direction or sponsorship</li> <li>Actionable tips and accessible strategies for the use of the Free Agent Learner Ecosystem to support school improvement</li> </ul> <p>Perfect for K-12 school and district administrators and decision-makers, <i>Free Agent Learners</i> is an eye-opening read for anyone involved in the education of primary and secondary school students.