An ensemble of research projects designed to understand the nature of various “goods” and to promote their realization in our time. Founded by psychologists Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, William Damon, and ...

How can classrooms become places of intellectual stimulation where learning is viewed not in test scores but in the development of individuals who can think, plan, create, question, and engage ...

Cultivating school cultures that value and support learning through play Play is central to how children learn—the way they form and explore friendships, the way they shape and test hypotheses, and ...

Creating strong learning cultures in schools using documentation as a tool to deepen and extend learning. Making Learning Visible has a goal to create and sustain powerful cultures of learning in ...

relationship between Project Zero and TCAPS.

Improving learning and collaboration by honing group and individual thinking processes.

Thinking Routines invite learners of any age to be close observers, organize their ideas, to reason carefully, and to reflect on how they are making sense of things. A vast array of PZ's work has ...

Teaching families the value of meaningful mealtime interaction. Over the past 20 years, research has shown what parents have known for a long time: sharing a fun family meal is good for the spirit, ...

Focus on experiencing and appreciating art as a way to help students develop ways of thinking that support thoughtful learning. Artful Thinking helps teachers use works of visual art and music in ways ...

Digital technologies offer exciting opportunities for learning, civic engagement, and intercultural exchange, among other vital areas of life. Virtual worlds and mobile devices offer new ways of ...

At the core of Visible Thinking are practices that help make thinking visible: Thinking Routines loosely guide learners' thought processes and encourage active processing. Visible Thinking is a ...

Traditional schools usually emphasize the kind of intelligence students need to solve clearly defined problems. By stressing this kind of "laboratory intelligence," schools typically ask students to ...