{"product_id":"2940169555295","title":"Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking book, education expert Tony Wagner provides a powerful rationale for developing an innovation-driven economy. He explores what parents, teachers, and employers must do to develop the capacities of young people to become innovators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In profiling compelling young American innovators amp;mdash; such as Kirk Phelps, product manager for Apple¿s first iPhone, and Jodie Wu, who founded a company that builds bicycle-powered maize shellers in Tanzania amp;mdash; Wagner reveals how the adults in their lives nurtured their creativity and sparked their imaginations, while teaching them to learn from failures and persevere. Wagner identifies a pattern: a childhood of creative play leads to deep-seated interests, which in adolescence and adulthood blossom into a deeper purpose for career and life goals. Play, passion, and purpose: These are the forces that drive young innovators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWagner explains how we can apply this knowledge as educators and what parents can do to compensate for poor schooling. He takes listeners into the most forward-thinking schools, colleges, and workplaces in the country, where teachers and employers are developing cultures of innovation based on collaboration, interdisciplinary problem-solving, and intrinsic motivation. The result is a timely, provocative, and inspiring manifesto that will change how we look at our schools and workplaces, and provide us with a road map for creating the change-makers of tomorrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Simon amp; Schuster audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116746391792,"sku":"2940169555295","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169555295_p0.jpg?v=1763686530","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169555295","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}