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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 …
Colleagues from the Netherlands Visit The Good Project
In October 2016, The Good Project welcomed five colleagues from the Netherlands affiliated with The Professional Honor Foundation (PHF), a Dutch organization that explores professional identity and behavior across many sectors. PHF is currently celebrating its 10th anniversary. In honor of this …
Excellence, Engagement, and Ethics in Election 2016
Back in the spring, we asked readers of our April 2016 newsletter to ponder the following questions with relation to the 2016 U.S. presidential election: Excellence 1. What abilities and qualities do we expect a public office holder to demonstrate? 2. Who among the …
Students Consider the “Good Life” at the University of Florida
At the University of Florida, Jennifer Smith, Director of the Office for Faculty Development and Teaching Excellence, and Andrew Wolpert, Good Life Course Director and Associate Professor of Classics, have been spearheading a course titled “What Is the Good Life?” This multi-disciplinary …
Bloomsburg University’s Joan Miller and Mary Katherine Duncan on “Good Work”
Over the past several years, our colleagues Dr. Joan Miller and Dr. Mary Katherine Duncan (along with Dr. Jennifer Johnson) have been working on a set of Good Work-related endeavors at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. We spoke with Joan and Mary Katherine …
