Transforming learning from
a passive to an active endeavor is critically important in today’s world. In
2015, the United Nations identified seventeen Sustainable Development Goals
that represent a global consensus on the world’s most pressing issues. Realizing
these ambitious goals will require concerted action at all levels, including
local action. Young people are valuable components of this, and their learning
experiences should both inform and inspire them as current and future
changemakers. <i>From Ideas to Action</i> articulates the theoretical basis of
Smithsonian Science for Global Goals, a series of socio-scientific community
research guides focused on achieving a systemic understanding of global
problems with the goal of inspiring young people to take informed and sustained
action to help address global issues.
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