Project Zero
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Project Zero is an educational research group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Its mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well as humanistic and scientific disciplines, in formal and informal contexts, and at the individual, group, and institutional levels.
05/06/2026
📣 PROJECT ZERO ONE-DAY CONFERENCE
Learning and Thinking that Make a Difference
May 19 | 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
MuseumLAB Pittsburgh
Join fellow educators and leaders for an invigorating day of learning coordinated and co-hosted by PZ and the Northgate School District!
WHAT'S INCLUDED
🌟 Morning plenary with Mark Church, co-author of "Making Thinking Visible" and "The Power of Making Thinking Visible"
🌟Morning and afternoon workshops led by experienced practitioners who use PZ ideas in their teaching and learning contexts
🌟Lunch
🌟Closing session
Learning and Thinking that Make a Difference Join us in person to explore ideas that inspire real change and spark fresh thinking in the classroom and beyond!
04/24/2026
🎙️ Thinkability S5 E4: "Noticing, Noticing"
with David Perkins and Shari Tishman
Have you ever noticed *noticing*? 👀 This simple act of perception is so basic that we often don’t, well, notice it. But it’s actually quite remarkable, especially when you consider how selectively we notice some things and not others. In the latest episode of the Thinkability podcast, Dave and Shari explore this odd but everyday phenomenon. Along the way, they ask: How can we get better at noticing, and how it relates to learning?
LISTEN NOW:
S5 E4: Noticing Noticing This basic act of perception serves our everyday lives in endless ways. What does it involve, how can we get better at it, and how can it support thinking and learning?
🎉 ANNOUNCING PZ'S NEW WEBSITE 🎉
https://pz.harvard.edu/
After 13 years, PZ has a new look and website—and it's truly a site to behold:
· Sort and search through ~90 thinking routines
· Download resources from a library of 500+ activities, books, and tools
· Explore current research happening worldwide
· Meet our talented team
· And much more!
🙏 Thank you to the Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation for generously supporting Project Zero in this initiative!
🤸🧩 Let's Play! 🧩🤸
Teaching Strategies for Playful Learning
🗓️ Apr. 6 to May 3 | Online Mini Course
https://pz.harvard.edu/professional-development/events-institutes/lets-play-teaching-strategies-for-playful-learning-0
Play is central to how children learn. Yet incorporating play into a formal school setting can be challenging—because the nature of play and the nature of school are often at odds. Based on frameworks developed in PZ’s Pedagogy of Play project and funded by the The LEGO Foundation, Let's Play! introduces core principles and practices of playful learning and gives you the opportunity to design and try out a playful learning approach in your own context.
You'll explore ways to bring more playful learning via:
🙌 Virtual hands-on activities
🙌 Illustrations from classroom and online practice
🙌 Experimenting with playful learning and teaching tools both online and in-person (when possible)
You'll work in small study groups, answering key questions:
🧐 What does learning through play look and feel like?
🤩 How can a shared understanding of learning through play enhance a learning experience?
🙃 How can educators create conditions in which playful learning can thrive?
🗣️ “Taking the course really heightened my awareness of the power of play in learning; building empathy, cultivating the imagination, and using laughter and creativity to fuel connection.”
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