Ron Ritchhart is a Senior Research Associate at Harvard Project Zero where his work focuses on such issues as teaching for understanding, the development of intellectual character, creative teaching, ...

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 ...

Carrie James is a Co-Director and Principal Investigator at Project Zero. A sociologist by training, her research explores young people's digital, moral, and civic lives. Over the past decade plus, ...

relationship between Project Zero and TCAPS.

Art and design is all around us, from the objects that we make and use, to the complex systems we participate in, to the ideas we imagine and construct. With a foundational focus on learning and the ...

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 ...

The story of PZ’s influence in arts & education is at the core of the story of PZ itself. The role of the arts in education and the nature of learning in and through the arts—from PZ’s conception to ...

No matter where, what, or whom one teaches, creating a learning community is essential to promoting learning at home, school, and the work place. In order to live, learn, and work together effectively ...

The Cultures of Thinking in Action course builds on the ideas of Ron Ritchhart’s new book of the same name (2023). Developed and taught by Ritchhart and colleague Mark Church, the course offers you ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...