Project Zero Perspectives: How and Where Does Learning Thrive?

The challenge is clear: The most pressing problems of our time—from climate change to mass migration, human rights to equitable economic development—demand global cooperation. They demand that we educate our youth to investigate topics of global significance, to collaborate across cultures, to communicate across difference and to take informed action. How can we transform our classrooms into spaces where students engage with the world beyond their immediate environment? For years, researchers at Project Zero have examined the role of Thinking Routines in the promotion of a culture of thinking and thinking dispositions. In this course, Project Zero researcher Veronica Boix Mansilla will explore a novel approach to Thinking Routines—Global Thinking Routines—specifically designed to advance students’ global competence. Through a combination of brief presentations and small group collaboration/discussion, participants will develop their understanding of what global competence is and why it matters today. They will examine the role of Thinking Routines in creating a globally-minded classroom culture and advancing student global competence. Through interactive exploration of various Global Thinking Routines, participants will develop the capacity to use these routines in their own classrooms.