influences

The following are a list of books, organisations, educational projects and individuals that influenced either the full model, individual elements or the aspirations for elements. This website is not written as an academic paper but almost all parts of the GL model have been initially been inspired by the work of others. We recommend the following influences as potential sources of information for your educational institution.

Ebony Bridwell-Mitchell

Ebony Bridwell-Mitchell is an assistant professor of education with expertise in leadership, management, and organizations at the Harvard...

Five Minds for the Future

Five Minds for the Future outlines the specific cognitive abilities that will be sought and cultivated by leaders in the years ahead....

Good Work

What does it mean to carry out "good work"? What strategies allow people to maintain moral and ethical standards at a time when market...

Goodwork: Theory and Practice

In 1995, psychologists Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, William Damon, and Howard Gardner launched the GoodWork Project. In the succeeding...

Making Learning Whole

David Perkins, a noted authority on teaching and learning and co-director of Harvard's Project Zero, introduces a practical and...

Making Thinking Visible

A proven program for enhancing students' thinking and comprehension abilities Visible Thinking is a research-based approach to teaching...

Mindset: How you can fulfill your potential.

Mindset is a simple idea discovered by world-renowned Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck in decades of research on achievement...

Project Zero

Project Zero is an educational research group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education composed of multiple, independently-sponsored...

Roots of Empathy

Roots of Empathy's mission is to build caring, peaceful, and civil societies through the development of empathy in children and adults....

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