Project Zero Ideas in the Classroom On Saturday, October 26, 2013, The Summit School will present their annual Zelma Wynn Symposium Series from 9am-3:30pm. This year’s topic is Visible Thinking, Learning & Understanding: Project Zero Ideas in the Classroom. This day-long event will feature the work of Project Zero, a research group based in the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University that has been exploring effective teaching and learning practices for nearly 50 years. Noted thinkers and Harvard professors Howard Gardner and David Perkins have guided Project Zero since its founding in 1967. Today, Project Zero’s reach extends around the world, in schools, museums and other learning settings. This symposium will introduce key principles of Project Zero’s Teaching for Understanding framework: • Promoting student engagement • Providing relevance in what we teach • Empowering deep learning of complex topics • Understanding the importance of group learning • Facilitating opportunities for students to make their understanding “visible” • Engaging in ongoing assessment Participants will learn how these core practices can shift the culture of a classroom. Sessions will have practical applications for general educators, special educators, speech-language pathologists, administrators, technology and STEM instructors, and fine arts instructors. This course is […]
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