JOHN HUNTER is an award-winning teacher and educational consultant. He has spoken at TED, the Aspen Ideas Festival, Google's Palo Alto campus, the Pentagon, the United Nations, and elsewhere to share the lessons of the World Peace Game.
"A veteran educator's uplifting account of how he introduced
schoolchildren to global problems through a visionary game that
charged them with saving the world . . . Inspired,
breath-of-fresh-air reading." -- Kirkus Reviews "At a time when
school systems have completely lost focus on what really matters,
John Hunter reminds us what we should be teaching our children. His
ideas will help anyone who has the courage to understand that a
real education must go beyond filling in circles on a standardized
test form." -- Rafe Esquith, author of Teach Like Your Hair's on
Fire "John Hunter's World Peace Game is more than a brilliant
example of educational game design. It shows us exactly how to
inspire and manage creative collaboration around the most complex
problems imaginable. And given that virtually all young people
today are growing up gamers, this book is a must-read for
twenty-first century educators and leaders." -- Jane McGonigal,
author of Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They
Can Change the World "Hunter's optimism is infectious" --
Publishers Weekly "With numerous reflections on the game's impact
on certain students and a resounding final chapter highlighting his
class's 2012 visit to the Pentagon, Hunter proves the value of
"slow teaching" in this important, fascinating, highly readable
resource for educators and parents alike." -- Booklist
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