Aprendiendo a Aprender: Transformando la Pedagogía Juntos
Promoting teacher professional learning and well-being in Panama’s public schools.
With the support of Panama’s Ministry of Education, Aprendiendo a Aprender: Transformando la Pedagogía Juntos | Learning to Learn: Transforming Pedagogy Together seeks to promote teacher professional learning and wellbeing in Panama’s public schools, with the overall goal of transforming pedagogical practices across the country to better engage and meet the needs of students and their communities.
The PZ team is facilitating online and in-person professional learning for school-based study groups made up of teachers and school leaders who are exploring what works to promote collaboration and inquiry-based practice in their schools and classrooms. In particular, the project carefully introduces thinking routines and other protocols and resources from Project Zero and beyond as vehicles for transforming pedagogy. With an eye to building capacity across Panama, each school-based study group is accompanied by a "coach" who will in time go on to facilitate similar learning experiences for other schools through El Instituto de Perfeccionamiento y Bienestar del Educador (IPEBI). In addition, each study group includes leaders or representatives from various national teacher networks established by Panama’s Minister of Education to spread new practices and foster teacher learning and well-being.
This project builds directly on two previous PZ projects: Creating Communities of Innovation and Creando Comunidades de Indagación | Creating Communities of Inquiry, which similarly involved working collaboratively with school-based or network-based study groups to transform teaching and learning. It also draws on decades of work produced by Project Zero researchers.
This project asks:
- How can educators in Panamanian public schools be supported to work collaboratively and to develop and engage in inquiry-driven pedagogical practices that promote deeper learning?
- Which tools and strategies are most effective for promoting pedagogical transformation and teacher wellbeing in this context and why?
- Which aspects of this work are particularly challenging for teachers and school leaders, and why? How can these challenges be overcome?
Explore articles and tools that have emerged from this project
Meet the AaA Team
Antes pensaba que era muy importante cumplir a cabalidad todo el contenido curricular para promover a los estudiantes... Ahora pienso que menos es más y que todo radica en definir las comprensiones realmente importantes, dando espacio para que los estudiantes puedan dar cuenta del proceso de aprendizaje en el que están inmersos.