Since their introduction some 20 years ago, thinking routines have become enormously popular with teachers around the world and have continued to evolve through the ongoing work of researchers at Harvard Project Zero. It has now been over 15 years since Making Thinking Visible first appeared, and Mark Church, Karen Morrison, and Ron Ritchhart are currently at work on a revised and updated edition: Making Thinking Visible 2.0. In this interactive course, participants will get an early look at some of the new routines being developed for the new book, explore an updated version of the Understanding Map, and examine a new section we are adding to help folks understand and discuss with colleagues how routines look in action: “A Closer Look: Examining A Video Picture of Practice.” Together, we will consider what we have learned over the past two decades about how teachers can frame, launch, and situate thinking routines so that they do more than structure an activity. This will include some of the common pitfalls of why thinking routines fail to launch in some classrooms. Following WISIT, we hope participants try out some of these new routines in their own contexts and share examples of student thinking and classroom practice with us. We are always looking for powerful examples, and we would be delighted to consider participants’ work for possible inclusion in the new book.
