Zhao (education, U. of Oregon) explains how teachers can enhance students' curiosity and creativity, encourage risk taking, and cultivate their entrepreneurial spirit, within a global context. He discusses the efforts toward standardization and homogenization of learning, their intentions, outcomes, and why they are harmful; why everyone can become global, creative, and entrepreneurial; the essential elements of entrepreneurial capabilities; and the debate about whether entrepreneurs are born or made. He examines the test score and entrepreneurship gaps in Asian and other countries and analyzes education in China and the US, showing that high test scores occur at the cost of creativity and the entrepreneurial spirit, and describes how a paradigm shift from employment-oriented to child-centered education is needed. He outlines the components of this paradigm, illustrates it in action, proposes a product-oriented type of learning and ways to implement it, and offers examples of schools in England and the US that show how students and schools can be global entrepreneurs and enterprises. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Read Less