Faraday de la Camara, Former Coordinator of the Lower School Spanish Department, American School of Madrid
This workshop is offered on the following date(s):
When we want to improve education, we often focus on changing the curriculum without paying much attention to how that curriculum is enacted or carried out by teachers and students together. However, teachers have the power to improve or enhance the learning experience in their classrooms by reflecting on and shifting their practices. As language teachers, we might wonder, which shifts can we make that will truly enhance, or maybe even transform, language learning for our students? In this virtual workshop, we will explore Project Zero’s Visible Thinking framework, and specifically the use of PZ thinking routines as approaches to enhancing teacher practice that might shift the culture of our world language classrooms to one that is more student-centered, inquiry-based and responsive. We will discover how focusing on the kinds of thinking to which we aspire in students - and identifying thinking routines that leverage those skills - can engage our students in meaningful learning opportunities that not only introduce and practice new vocabulary and language patterns but also develop a deeper understanding of language and culture. We will also discuss how the use of thinking routines can make our students’ thinking visible so that we as teachers can better perceive what they know and understand, adjusting our teaching accordingly. This workshop is an introduction to teaching routines for teachers of any language, working with elementary, secondary or adult learners at any level, but especially at the advance beginner (A2) to native speaking level.
Considering Project Zero Ideas from a Mathematics Perspective
Mark Church, Project Zero Classroom Faculty, PZ’s "Learning to Think, Thinking to Learn Project" Consultant, Co-AuthorThe Power of Making Thinking Visible
What is understanding? How does it develop? What types of thinking moves help students both retain what they learn and transfer it to new and unfamiliar contexts? The ideas of Project Zero – particularly Teaching for Understanding and Making Thinking Visible – have had a lot of resonance with teachers across a variety of grade levels and subject areas for a number of years. This workshop is designed to reflect upon these overarching questions specifically with mathematics teaching and learning in mind. Though not a “how to implement” workshop, participants will find it useful to consider examples from a wide range of K-12 mathematics experiences that give perspective as to how other teachers in the mathematics context have come to grow legs to Project Zero ideas. This workshop is designed for educators teaching mathematics and working with learners of all ages from pre-K through secondary school as well as mathematics instructional coaches, and school leaders interested in the teaching and learning of mathematics and Project Zero ideas.
Project Zero's Zaentz Professional Learning Scholarships are made possible through a generous gift from the Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation.
This financial assistance seeks to support educators in a range of schools, districts, and organizations, especially those working in under-resourced contexts and/or with historically marginalized students.
Generally, applications are considered on a first-come, first-serve basis. Scholarships will cover 70% of the offering tuition.
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Group discounts are available for US$10 off the price of the workshop for groups of 10 or more. Group discounts are automatically applied at the time of the initial registration: all members of the group must be registered at the same time on one registration form. We are not able to add additional members to the group once a group of 10 or more has registered. Once registered at the full price, an individual participant may not subsequently join a group of 10 or more and receive a discount.
Substitutions for registered participants, including those registered for a group, will be made only on a limited basis, and for significant, qualifying events (e.g. death in the family, serious illness, etc.). In the case of a significant, qualifying event, requests for substitutions must be made in writing, via email to pzlearn@gse.harvard.edu.
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