“There is so much that can be adapted from Project Zero. It is by far the best teacher education program I have ever been involved in during my professional life.”
– Secondary School Teacher, Australia
Dear Friends of PZ,
As educators and learners ourselves, we know that one size never fits all for professional learning. PZ offers professional learning experiences in a range of topics and formats to meet the variety of schedules and interests of educators worldwide. And, for educators teaching in IB schools, all of the PZ learning opportunities are IB Category 3-approved.
We are offering a 2-day conference, 3 brief practicums, and 2 deep-dive courses between January and May 2022. Choose what works for you and join us to find inspiration for your own practice and to support your students’ re-engagement with their learning.
We look forward to learning with you in 2022!
Warm regards,
The PZ Learning & Outreach Team
4-5 weeks long; 2-3 hours per week
12 professional development course hours – IB Category 3-approved
If you are looking for a brief but practice-based learning opportunity designed to give you ideas to use right away, PZ’s online Micro Practicums (MPs) are for you. MPs are structured for busy educators who need to work on their own time but with the benefit of regular PZ instructor and facilitator input. Learn from and with educators in similar contexts, subject areas, and grade levels. The courses are team-based, so register with others on a team or on your own to be placed on a virtual team.
- The Power of Making Thinking Visible (January 31 – February 27) – Learn about the latest developments and newest thinking routines in PZ’s Visible Thinking research by Ron Ritchhart and Mark Church. Explore and apply in your own context six ways PZ thinking routines have “power” for learners and teachers. Learn more and register.
- Introduction to Maker-Centered Learning: Developing Student Agency & Sensitivity to Design (March 7 – April 3) – A maker-centered classroom re-engages students in their own learning and facilitates creativity and critical thinking. Explore maker-centered practices and tools and learn how to incorporate these approaches into your teaching in any subject, at any grade level. Learn more and register.
- Let’s Play: Teaching Strategies for Playful Learning (April 25 – May 29) – Explore some of the core principles, practices and tools of playful learning based on the Pedagogy of Play (PoP) Lego Foundation-funded PZ research. Design and try out a playful learning approach in your own context with feedback from educators experienced in teaching with PoP practices. Learn more and register.
*Scholarships available for eligible applicants.
Visit the registration page of the offering you would like to attend for details.
February 14 – May 15, 2022
6 sessions/13 weeks; 2-3 hours per week
30 professional development course hours – IB Category 3-approved
The fully revised six-session, team-based Online Courses offer the deepest dive into the PZ frameworks. Practice implementing new concepts in your learning environments, collaborate with educators from around the world, and receive team and group feedback from instructors and coaches.
Making Learning Visible: The Power of Documentation to Support Individual and Group Learning
Drawing on the ground-breaking collaborative research between Harvard’s Project Zero and educators in Reggio Emilia, Italy, this course was just redesigned by MLV leaders Steve Seidel, Daniel Wilson, and Terri Turner and offers educators the opportunity to learn how to create documentation that both “makes visible” what and how students learn and think, and provides important data for reflecting on and improving teaching. Learn more and register.
Visible Thinking: Using Thinking Routines Effectively to Cultivate Dispositions and Support Learning
Fully redesigned by Mark Church, PZ researcher and co-author of Making Thinking Visible and the Power of Making Thinking Visible, this course invites you to learn a variety of thinking routines and how to use them effectively in classrooms and other learning contexts to support deeper learning and thinking for students and to cultivate powerful and lasting thinking dispositions. Try out the new tools, routines, and practices in your own learning environments. Learn more and register.
*Scholarships available for eligible applicants.
Visit the registration page of the offering you would like to attend for details.
Education that Matters
A 2-Day Online Conference
19 – 20 March 2022 9:00AM – 4:00PM
Melbourne Time
18 – 19 March 2022 5:00PM – 11:00PM
Boston Time
10 professional development course hours – IB Category 3-approved
What and how should students learn to thrive in today’s complex world? What education will matter most to the lives they are likely to lead? This conference will highlight research and practices aimed to enrich essential thinking and learning for the world of today and tomorrow. Join Ron Ritchhart, Dave Perkins, Howard Gardner, Shari Tishman, Carrie James, Liz Dawes Duraisingh, Flossie Chua, Edward Clapp, Daniel Wilson, Tina Blythe, and Wendy Fischman as they share new ideas and perspectives to rejuvenate your practice.
Project Zero pz.harvard.edu
Please email pzlearn@gse.harvard.edu with any questions.
