What You Will Learn

Understand how societal changes and technological advancements in the early 21st century affect educational practice and the way students learn.

Program Overview

All education need to understand how changes in our societies are transforming the lives of young people around the world. Globalization, the digital revolution and advancements in our understanding of human biology all present new opportunities and challenges. How might schools prepare students for their increasingly global futures? What is worth teaching in societies where unprecedented amounts of information are available online? How can educators best integrate emerging research on learning and biology?
 
Future of Learning invites educators to examine what, where and how children and adults should learn in order to thrive in a dynamic world. When teachers embrace learning for the future, they nurture competencies such as expert thinking, collaboration and entrepreneurship. They foster intercultural understanding, environmental stewardship and global citizenship. They invite students to understand complex problems, create quality work and express themselves through traditional and new digital media. Their ultimate goal is to prepare students to live ethical and reflective lives in rapidly changing environments.

Program Objectives

This institute will focus on four fundamental questions:

• What do we know about globalization, the digital revolution and mind/brain research? What is their influence on learning and education?
• How should we rethink the "what," "who" and "how" of learning as a result of these changes or forces?
• What should be done differently to meet the demands of the future of learning in practice?
• What consequences do these educational changes have for learners and societies? What is our role as responsible 21st century educators? 

Who Should Attend

• Practicing teachers, curriculum designers and administrators
• Educators developing instructional materials and technologies
• Post-secondary educators and teacher educators
• Professionals working in informal education settings such as museums, NGOs and foundations
• Previous Project Zero Classroom attendees

Fluency in English is mandatory.

Faculty Chair

Howard Gardner is the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education and Senior Co-Director of Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. For the last 13 years in collaboration with psychologists Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, William Damon, and other researchers at Project Zero, Gardner has been engaged in a study of Good Work; work that is at once excellent in quality and also responsive to the needs of broader society. The project is now working with young people in secondary schools and colleges in an effort to nurture good work. Gardner's most recent books are: Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons and Five Minds for the Future. With several colleagues, he recently published Responsibility at Work.

Veronica Boix Mansilla is Principal Investigator for Project Zero at HGSE. Mansilla’s research research examines the conditions that enable experts and young learners to produce quality interdisciplinary work addressing problems of contemporary significance—globalization, climate change and migration. She is the author of Educating for Global Competence; Preparing our youth to engage the world and Teaching for Interdiscipinary Understadning in the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme.

David Perkins, Professor of Education and Senior Co-Director of Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His newest book is King Arthur's Round Table: How Collaborative Conversations Create Smart Organizations. He is also the author of The Eureka Effect, Smart Schools, Outsmarting IQ, Knowledge as Design and several other books and many articles. He has helped develop instructional programs and approaches for teaching understanding and thinking, including initiatives in Sweden, South Africa, Israel, and Latin America. He is a former Guggenheim Fellow.

Enrollment Instructions

Future of Learning is a registration program. Registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

Fees

The comprehensive program fee includes tuition, all instructional materials and a social event. Participants receive a certificate of completion and a letter confirming clock hours of instruction.

Payment or a purchase order must be received within thirty days of registration and prior to the program start. Participants are responsible for their own travel expenses.

Accommodations

Hotel accommodations are made available to participants at a reduced rate. Rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Charles Hotel
1 Bennett Street, Cambridge MA
$209 per night, plus applicable taxes
Reservations: 800-882-1818
Reference: HGSE/FOL
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Sheraton Commander Hotel
16 Garden Street, Cambridge MA
$189 per night, plus applicable taxes
Reservations: 888-627-7121
Reference: Future of Learning (FOL)
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Double Tree Suites
400 Solidiers Field Road, Cambridge MA
$169 per night, plus applicable taxes
Reservations: 800-222-2222
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The Inn at Harvard
1201 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge MA
$219 per night, plus applicable taxes
Reservations: 617-491-2222
Reference: GSE Future of Learning or 374810
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Harvard Square Hotel
110 Mount Auburn Street , Cambridge MA
$189 per night, plus applicable taxes
Reservations: 617-491-2222
Reference: GSE Future of Learning or 374816
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Cancellation Policy

Cancellations must be submitted via fax or email. Full refunds will be given up to 30 days prior to the start of the program. Due to program demand and pre-institute preparations, cancellations received 29–14 days prior to the start of the program are subject to a fee of 10% of the program tuition. Cancellations received within 13 days prior to the start of the program and no-shows are subject to the full program tuition. Please note: cancellation fees are based upon the date the written request is received.

The Harvard Graduate School of Education reserves the right to change faculty or cancel programs at its discretion. In the unlikely event of program changes, the school is not responsible for non-refundable travel arrangements or other planning expenses incurred.

Participant Substitution

Some PPE institutes allow substitutions and others do not. In all cases, substitutions require advance approval by PPE. We ask that changes to group participant lists take place at least two weeks prior to the start date of the program. If individual or team replacements are made within 14 days of the program start date, PPE may not be able to incorporate these changes into some or all of the program materials. We will make our best effort to incorporate requested changes where possible.