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July 31, 2006
Project Zero Classroom 2006 at Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
This is Mika Fukutomi. For the first time since Global Kids Academy was established, I was able to leave GKA for two weeks during our busy summer season to attend a workshop in the U.S. I am very grateful to the team of teachers who made this possible, led by Nao-sensei and Ogawa-sensei.
The Project Zero Classroom is a one-week intensive summer institute designed to help educators create positive learning environments, based on the findings of Project Zero, the research group of Harvard Graduate School of Education. Project Zero's mission is to “understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well as humanistic and scientific disciplines, at the individual and institutional levels”.
I was thrilled to meet and hear lectures by my heroes Professors Howard Gardner and David Perkins. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Howard Gardner is perhaps best known for his theory of multiple intelligences. Recently, he has launched the GoodWork Project, a global effort to identify individuals and groups that exemplify good work. Professor David Perkins has conducted extensive research and development in the areas of teaching and learning for understanding, creativity, problem-solving and reasoning.
Through plenary sessions, mini-courses and study group sessions, I learned and discussed ideas with many educators from around the world. There were close to 300 participants representing 42 countries. I especially enjoyed exchanging ideas with the 14 members of my Study Group with whom I met daily. My colleagues were teachers, principals, assistant principals, deans and directors of programs from the U.S., Egypt, Hong Kong and Japan.
Over the next few months, we will inform you about how concepts learned at Project Zero Classroom will be implemented at Global Kids Academy. Stay tuned!
Posted by mika at July 31, 2006 01:35 PM
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