Shari Tishman
Currently the co-director of The Open Canopy project and co-host of the Thinkability podcast, Shari is a senior research associate and principal investigator at Project Zero. Her research focuses on the development and teaching of thinking, and the role of slow looking in learning.
A former director of Project Zero, Shari is currently a principal investigator and senior research associate. Her research focuses on the development and teaching of thinking, the role of close observation in learning, and learning in and through the arts.
The Thinkability Podcast
Where do you find your cognitive fun? Have you stepped sidewise recently? When was the last time you told yourself, "I should've thought twice about that!"? The Thinkability podcast, co-created and co-hosted by Shari with PZ founding member David Perkins answers these questions and more. You can listen to all five seasons today.
Slow Looking and Intercultural Learning
With PZ colleague Liz Dawes Duraisingh, Shari co-directs The Open Canopy—an online learning community and research project that supports young people from around the world to slow down to observe the world carefully and listen attentively to others; share stories and perspectives; and make connections between themselves and bigger stories, forces, and systems. The pedagogical model and related resources are freely available in the The Open Canopy Handbook.
More PZ Work
Past notable projects include Arts as Civic Commons, a project that explores how learners can investigate civic themes and develop civic agency through experiences with contemporary art; Agency by Design, which explores the promises, practices, and pedagogies of maker-centered learning; Visible Thinking, a dispositional approach to teaching thinking that foregrounds the use of thinking routines, and Artful Thinking, a related approach that emphasizes the development of thinking dispositions through looking at art.
Notable Publications
The author of numerous books and articles, Shari’s most recent books are: The Open Canopy Handbook: Slowing Down, Sharing Stories, Making Connections and Slow Looking: The Art and Practice of Learning Through Observation.
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