Why come
Dr. Ron Ritchhart, Principal Investigator for the Cultures of Thinking Project and Senior Research Associate at Project Zero, Harvard Graduate School of Education will lead this advanced seminar which is suitable for teachers, assistants, administrators and school leaders across grade levels and subject areas. Ron’s research focuses on understanding and developing the kinds of thoughtful learning environments that foster powerful learning for both students and teachers.
Registration
300 Euro for one day
Workshop details
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One-day Leading a Culture of Thinking Seminar
We are offering a one day course following the two-day exploration of a Culture of Thinking that is designed for those interested in thinking more about how they can extend, grow, and support the learning at their schools. The Cultures of Thinking Leadership Day is aimed at laying the groundwork for development of a Culture of Thinking by exploring ways participants might build on and extend the professional learning culture that currently exists at their schools.
Teacher leaders, mentors and coaches, may be anywhere in their journey of developing a culture of thinking, from just starting out to more experienced. We will examine tools, frameworks, and practices that the Cultures of Thinking project has developed to support the development of cultures of thinking at the school-wide level. This one-day session serves as an opportunity both to develop a deeper vision of Cultures of Thinking and to put in place structures for supporting professional conversations and teacher learning at your school.
A key principle of the Cultures of Thinking project is that for classrooms to be cultures of thinking for students, schools have to be cultures of thinking for teachers. In the Cultures of Thinking project, we see the most gains in student performance and school transformation when schools make the discussion of thinking, examination of student work, and the taking of risks in trying new teaching practices central to the work of the school. This often demands that schools shift and change the types of conversations they have to better focus them on issues of teaching and learning than on issues of schooling.
Featured speaker
Ron Ritchhart
Author, Speaker
Ron is the author of several books including: Intellectual Character: What it is, Why it matters and How to get it, (2002) and Making Thinking Visible: How to promote engagement, understanding and independence for all learners, (2011).
Creating Cultures of Thinking: The 8 Forces we Must Master to Truly Transform our Schools by Ron Ritchhart (2015).
You can learn more about Ron’s work on his website ronritchhart.com.