The Good Blog
Q&A With Mary Katherine Duncan and Jennifer Johnson of the Bloomsburg University GoodWork Initiative
At Bloomsburg University, one of the public institutions of higher education in Pennsylvania, colleagues have been spreading the message of “good work” since 2011. The Bloomsburg GoodWork Initiative involves a number of interrelated efforts, including an orientation activity for new students on …
Keeping the Professions Alive and True to their Mission: Lessons from the Netherlands
by Howard Gardner and Danny Mucinskas For those of us who believe that the professions are a remarkable human creation, worth maintaining and even enhancing, these are depressing times. On the one hand, so-called professionals, equipped with titles, prestige, and generous income, …
Global Citizens Initiative Brings 28 Fellows to Fifth Summer Youth Summit
The Global Citizens Initiative (GCI) is a non-profit dedicated to the empowerment of young people as global citizens to achieve positive change in the world. From July 27-August 4, 2018, GCI once again gathered a talented group of 28 high school students …
Preventing Bullying Behavior in School: A Q&A with Lucie Cadova
Bullying amongst young people is an issue on the minds of many educators today. From high-profile cases that make international news to individual incidents dealt with by single teachers, school-based bullying has been called a crisis, and cultural sensitivity around the topic …
Bill Drayton and Howard Gardner in Conversation
In December 2017, Bill Drayton and Howard Gardner—friends since their days as classmates at Harvard College—had a wide-ranging conversation at the Harvard Club in New York City. This lightly edited version of that conversation highlights Bill’s vision of the changes that are taking place at …
A Practical Tool to Address the Hidden Curriculum and Professional Microcultures
We are pleased to feature a guest post from Hanneke Mulder, PhD, an Associate Professor of Innovation of Medical Education at the Center for Research and Development of Education at University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands. Dr. Mulder’s areas of interest include what she …
Good Work and How It Happens: Reflections of a Teacher and Middle Manager
“… be true to the mission of bringing out the best in our students… … be exemplary in the discharge of our duties… … guide our students… … continue to learn and pass on the love of learning… … win the trust, …
High School Students Converge for Global Citizenship Summit
From July 28-August 5, 2017, the Global Citizens Youth Summit returned to the Harvard Faculty Club for its fourth year, bringing together a group of 28 students from all over the world for nine days of cross-cultural exchange, civic-minded learning, and service …
Helping Children Think About Goodness and Caring
In a previous blog post in February, Luigina Mortari, Scientific Director of the Center of Educational and Didactic Research at the University of Verona, Italy, described the “Melarete” curriculum that she and her colleagues developed to expose elementary school students to concepts …
Educating the Heart: Creating Open Minds Through Service and Leadership
When our dynamic world is in flux, it is easy to allow challenges to overwhelm us, causing us to turn away from finding solutions. It is also easy to allow opposing views over social and economic issues to divide us. What happens …
Care (“meléte”) and Virtue (“areté”): A “Melarete” Project for Children in Italy
Luigina Mortari is the Scientific Director of the Center of Educational and Didactic Research at the University of Verona in Italy. In the post below, she shares details of a curriculum she and her colleagues developed that emphasizes care and virtue. Educating …
An Action Call: “I Am A Citizen” Project
Arina Bokas is an author, independent educational consultant, and faculty member in the department of English at Mott Community College, Michigan. She is also the editor of Kids’ Standard Magazine. Is civic education on the decline in America? Like many educators, the …
