Look, Listen, Interpret, Teach: A Reggio Emilia-Inspired Approach to Supporting Individual and Group Learning

Details

This event is from Project Zero — confirm details there before registering.

Who it's for

Subjects

Topics

Learning is social. Every day, children and adults learn from and with others, encountering new perspectives, strategies, and ways of thinking.

Together, groups can achieve greater perspective and understanding than any individual can alone, but to design for those achievements, we need tools for sharing thinking and making learning visible to others. Drawing on the collaborative research between Project Zero and educators in Reggio Emilia, Italy, this course explores approaches to documenting student learning in ways that "make visible" what and how students learn, providing valuable data for reflecting on and improving teaching.

Overview

• Observe and record what happens in your classroom or other learning context, and build on the information you collect
• Explore what it means to interpret learning—who can do it, for what purposes, and how it can deepen learning
• Consider the purposes, audiences, and approaches for sharing documentation with members of one's learning community
• Reflect on how the MLV framework can not only coexist with, but thrive in, contexts of accountability and assessment

Who Should Participate

• Teachers, teacher leaders, and school administrators and leaders
• Museum educators and educators working in informal learning environments
• Facilitators of pre-K to adult learning

Time Commitment

• Team Meeting: This 1- to 1.5-hour live, synchronous team meeting happens every other week, scheduled and facilitated by the team members with a PZ-designed agenda.
• Reading, Practice, and Assignments: Plan remaining time for reading and individual reflections/assignments. If you are not currently working in a school or educational organization, you will need a classroom context or a consistent group of students with whom you can try out/practice the ideas you are learning throughout the course.

Tuition, Discounts, and Financial Aid

• $655 for educators joining as part of a team (three to six members from the same organization)
• $685 for educators joining as part of a team of two (from the same organization) who will be placed on a virtual team with other teams of two (as attendance allows)
• $699 for educators joining as individuals to be placed on a virtual team

Questions?

Visit the FAQs page for more information on PZ online courses, or email pzlearn@gse.harvard.edu.

COURSE INSTRUCTOR

COURSE DESIGNERS

• Daniel Wilson is a principal investigator at Project Zero and a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His teaching and writing explore the inherent socio-psychological tensions—dilemmas of knowing, trusting, leading, and belonging—in adult collaborative learning across a variety of contexts. Specifically, he focuses on how groups navigate these tensions through language,…

Schedule

• Session 1 — Thu, Sep 9, 2027
• Session 2 — Tue, Sep 14, 2027
• Session 3 — Tue, Sep 28, 2027
• Session 4 — Mon, Oct 12, 2026
• Session 5 — Mon, Oct 26, 2026
• Session 6 — Mon, Nov 9, 2026
• Session 7 — Mon, Nov 23, 2026