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Innovations

Amazing People Schools

Explore integrity through the life of Marie Curie! Curiosity with Leonardo da Vinci or empathy with Martin Luther King Jr! Our website features an ever-evolving story ...

Character Education, Collaboration, Courage, Curiosity, Education, Empathy, Flourishing, Innovation, inspiration, Kindness, Life Skills, Motivation, Optimism, Perseverance, Positive attitude, Resilience

Thanda uses creative learning to build five Game-changing Skills among children – Creativity, Self-esteem, Critical Thinking, Perspective and Empathy. Using themes suc...

Creative Learning, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Tools and Resources, Empathy, Global Citizenship, Self-esteem

'What if you only had $1.25 a day?'

This project connected Math with other subjects through research about real-world problems and Sustainable Development Goals. Students applied math knowledge (statisti...

Empathy, Financial Skills, Global Citizenship, Global Collaboration, Health, Mathematics applied to real life, Sustainable Development

Everyday Kindness Project

Students will perform kind works everywhere, such as at home, at school, in public, etc. These actions need to be recorded in photos, videos, kind stories, etc. Theref...

17GlobalGoals, Empathy, Kindness, Project Based Learning, The Sustainable Development Goals SDGs

Graduate Aims Database

The Graduate Aims Database is a growing collection of summaries focused on research-based learning outcomes that schools often take influence from when constructing th...

Critical consciousness, Design, Empathy, Learning, Purpose, Research, School design, Student Agency

Panal Foundation

Panal strives to empower students in their school and community through an extracurricular, semester program of seven sessions to develop their socioemotional abilitie...

Cooperative learning, Education, Empathy, Empowerment, Latin America, Leadership, Socio-emotional skills, Student Empowerment

dHive Design Studio

dHive is a network of innovation hubs where children design market ready products using locally available resources. As they get involved in design for social change, ...

Change Maker ED, Design Thinking, Empathy, product design, Student-led

Global Oneness Project

The Global Oneness Project brings the world's global cultures alive in the classroom. They provide award-winning films and photo essays which explore cultural, social,...

Blended Learning, Empathy, Global Citizenship, Media Literacy, Open Educational Resource, Project Based Learning

Lyfta is a digital learning platform where teachers and pupils can access stunning storyworlds and curriculum-based lessons. Lyfta invites pupils to memorable, immersi...

App, Augmented Reality, Collaborative Learning, Diversity, Empathy, Equity, Global Citizenship, Interdisciplinary, Lesson plans, Life skills, Project Based Learning, Social Emotional Learning, Social Sciences, Technology, Virtual Reality

Roots of Empathy

Roots of Empathy is an evidence-based classroom program for primary school children that decreases aggression, including bullying, and increases prosocial behaviours s...

Bullying Prevention, Character Education, Collaborative Learning, Diversity, Empathy, Evidence Based, Global Citizenship, Mental Health, Play, Social Emotional Learning

A fully immersive travel programme to connect young people growing up as expatriates in Shanghai with the local, rural community

Community, Empathy, Inquiry Based Learning, Intergenerational, Nature, Place Based Learning, Project Based Learning

A unique early intervention solution to adolescent anxiety. The MeeTwo app allows young people to post their problems, share solutions, access educational resources an...

App, EDUCATION, Empathy, Mental Health, Resilience, Wellbeing

Connecting students around the world through exciting, authentic projects to learn about cultures and global challenges. Groups of penpals use weekly sessions to conne...

Collaborative Learning, Diversity, Empathy, Global Citizenship, Interdisciplinary, Lesson plans, Social Emotional Learning, Technology

Forest School is a long term, child centred process that offers all learners opportunities for holistic development through regular, hands on learning experiences in a...

Character Education, Creativity, Empathy, Exercise, Learning Environment, Nature, Outdoor, Play, Self Directed Learning, Sustainability

(Don't) Guess My Race

(Don’t) Guess My Race makes learning about race and identity fun, educational and meaningful to everyday life while also increasing inclusion at school and sparking co...

App, Character Education, Diversity, Empathy, Equity, Game Based Learning, Global Citizenship, Social Sciences

Trix and Trax help students discover and develop talents in arts, music, dance, sports...Who they are? and what is their passion? through "peer learning and Role Playi...

Arts, Collaborative Learning, Communication skills, Confidence Building, Dance, Empathy, Event, Exercise, Growth mindset, Life Skills, Music, Passion based learning, Performing, Personalized Learning, Self Directed Learning, Social Media, Sports, vocational education

An educational platform dedicated to collaborative investigative learning where curiosity rules. GlobalLab takes the premise of project-based learning and expands the ...

Blended Learning, Empathy, Global Citizenship, Inquiry Based Learning, Open Educational Resource, Project Based Learning, Technology

Free Range Kids

Free Range Kids is a simple to adopt class-based program to encourage children to walk to school with an emphasis on adventure.

Empathy, Exercise, Family Engagement, Health, Mental Health, Outdoor, Play

Mantle Of The Expert

Making stories to create imaginary contexts for learning.

Collaborative Learning, Creativity, Drama, Empathy, Inquiry Based Learning, Interdisciplinary, Role Play, Teacher Development

THINK Global School

THINK Global School is a travelling high school where students live and learn in four countries a year, making unforgettable connections between their education and th...

Blended Learning, Empathy, Global Citizenship, Learning By Doing, Passion based learning, Project Based Learning, Real World Learning, Travel

A social and emotional learning curriculum that teaches children essential skills for academic and life success by exploring the unique characteristics of shelter dogs.

Animals, Character Education, Collaborative Learning, Empathy, Evidence Based, Mental Health, Partnership, Research

NaTakallam connects displaced people — including refugees from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Venezuela, and beyond — with students around the world, to provide affordable, flexib...

Arabic, Empathy, French, Global Citizenship, Human geography, Human rights, Language, Real World Learning, Refugees, Social Emotional Learning, social studies, Spanish

Shadow a Student

The Shadow a Student Challenge provides methods and a network to help school leaders take the time to build student empathy, especially for those students who may be a...

Empathy, Inclusion, Leadership, Professional Development, Student Voice, Teacher Development

Universe Awareness

An international project that uses astronomy to inspire a love of science and promote tolerance and empathy through a greater understanding of our place within the uni...

Empathy, Global Citizenship, Motivation, Open Educational Resource, Professional Development, Science, STEAM

Philosophy for Children

Philosophy for Children is a global movement that aims to teach reasoning and argumentative skills to children in schools.

Character Education, Empathy, Ethics, Inquiry Based Learning, Interdisciplinary, Oracy, Philosophy, Social Emotional Learning, Student Voice

Liger Leadership Academy

Liger learners are taught to become 'Change Agents', to take initiative through an inquiry process by seeking real-world problems and creating solutions through a comb...

Authentic Learning, Empathy, Experiential Learning, Global Citizenship, Leadership, Project Based Learning, Whole School Model

Positive Education

Geelong Grammar School has pioneered a school-wide approach to student and staff wellbeing known as Positive Education. Based on the science of Positive Psychology, Po...

Character Education, Empathy, Holistic, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Psychology, Wellbeing, Whole School Model

Design for Change

Design for Change empowers students to be socially aware and proactive change agents in their community. Through undertaking self-directed community projects, children...

Character Education, Community, Design Thinking, Empathy, Global Citizenship, Inquiry Based Learning, Open Educational Resource, Project Based Learning, Real World Learning

Initiative for Peace

An initiative to train young people to become peace-builders, with the aim of facilitating peace conferences for youth from areas of conflict or post-conflict, ultimat...

Community, Diversity, Empathy, Equity, Event, Global Citizenship, Refugees, Student Voice, Travel

Green Bronx Machine

Green Bronx Machine builds healthy, equitable and resilient communities through inspired education, local food systems, and 21st century workforce development. Student...

Community, Culinary Arts, Curriculum, Empathy, Environment, Food Education, Health, Interdisciplinary, Learning By Doing, Lesson plans, Mental Health, Outdoor, Retention, Science, STEM

TingTing Poetry Education

A new way to teach traditional poetry education using music, art & television to create & use songs that are entertaining and appealing to children.

App, Arts, Empathy, Equity, Language, Music, Technology

Outdoor Discovery Centre

In a world where technology is ubiquitous and there is a growing disconnect between people and the environment, the Outdoor Discovery Centre gives every child the cogn...

Empathy, Exercise, Learning Environment, Nature, Play, Real World Learning

Global Learning

A project-based learning method that encourages students to work collaboratively and proactively, through engaging with key global issues relating to the United Nation...

Collaborative Learning, Empathy, Global Citizenship, Problem Based Learning, Problem Based Learning, Project Based Learning, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Technology

Bringing Theater into the Classroom

This innovation describes three different ways for teachers to introduce methods from drama-based pedagogy and drama education into their lessons. This innovation was ...

Culture Education, Drama, Drama-based Methods, Drama education, Empathy, Experiential Learning, Learning Environment, Organizing Education, Role Play, Theater Education

Global Challenges

All students in the Global Challenges course dive deeply into the UN Sustainable Development Goals to develop a global perspective and to discover a problem that they ...

cultural identity, Empathy, Generalizations and Stereotypes, Global Citizenship, Teaching Sustainable Development Goals, The Sustainable Development Goals SDGs

Be the Change: Empathy and Mindset for Civics Learning

Stepping away from traditional civics knowledge, this day-long museum experience uses a change agent mindset to ensure content is more relevant to students. The framew...

Civics, Empathy, Empowerment, History, Mindset shift, Museum, Youth Voice

Art education, the original makerspace, is reborn in the 21st century as the all-inclusive, cross-curricular, creative amalgam that it once was in the Renaissance. Us...

21st Century Skills, 3D printing, Animation, Arts, Creativity, Culture, Digital Fabrication, Empathy, Fab Lab, History, Interdisciplinary, Lego, Makerspace, Photography, STEAM, STEM, Technology, Video Production

When two first-grade girls came to their teacher with the idea to start a business that donates profits to charity, a maker-learning program became an incubator for yo...

Charity, Empathy, Entrepreneurship, Making, School Business Partnerships, STEM

Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

A trendsetting event of its kind in the country, Mahattattva's Annual Summit on Educational Technology aims to provide a platform to students to exhibit their creativi...

Authentic Learning, Community Building, Creativity, design-thinking, Educational Technology, Empathy, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Scalability, Student Leadership, Student-led Innovation, Sustainability, Technology, Technology and social change

Building Blocks of Engagement

This template helps lessons strategically blend student experience and opinion with academic study and authentic experiences. To culminate, students synthesize their l...

Arts, assessment for learning, Community, Empathy, English, humanities, language and literature, Literature, Performance, Reflective practice, service learning, Unit Questions

Students and staff use digital thank you notes and reflections to recognize and reinforce healthy behaviors, relationships, and self-esteem. GiveThx provides school le...

Blended Learning, Character Education, Empathy, Relationships, School Climate, School Culture, SEL, Wellbeing

Through theatre

We help public school teachers to cocreate theatre plays with their students so that kids can fulfill their potential. During the year we build the community within 5 ...

21st Century Skills, art and creativity, Arts, Community Building, Drama, Drama-based Methods, Drama education, Empathy, Lifelong Learning, project learning, School theatre, Teacher Development, Teacher training

難民擬真體驗

對科技與新知的焦慮，使得教育工作者著急地將各式議題，以「有效率」的方式帶進課堂中，學生們誤以為聽到、看到，就已經盡了「世界公民」的義務，忽略「起身行動、做出改變」才是學習最重要的一環。考驗人性且仍危急的「難民議題」就這樣被帶過。我們體現阿美族耆老的提醒：「身體，要在嘴巴前面！」結合「Drama in Education」的概...

Drama in Education, Empathy, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Simulation Education, Theory of multiple intelligences, 擬真體驗教育

It is an integral proposal of 10 different programmes to improve the acquisition of skills and motivate learning: - Acquisition of 21st century skills for personal a...

21 Century Skills, Analytical Thinking, Asertiveness, Automotivation, Autonomy, Capacity for Dialogue, Challenges-Based Learning, Critical Thinking, Digital Citizenship, Digital Literacy, Effective Communication, Emotions Management, Empathy, Entrepreneurial Spirit, Entrepreneurship, Feminine Empowerment, Flexibility and Adaptability, Global Citizenship, Leadership, Learning by Doing, Learning Community, Maker Spirit, Media Literacy, Problem solving, Project-Based Learning, Realistic Optimism, Resilience, Self-esteem, STEAM, Teamwork

Career Connect Programme

The Career Connect Programme is a core programme run by Dream a Dream to address the challenge of skilling for the future amongst young people from vulnerable backgrou...

21st Century Skills, Adversity, Empathy, Employability, Life Skills, Thriving

Reap Benefit is building a tribe of problem-solving citizens who drive change in their local communities by solving everyday issues using local data, local solutions a...

Citizenship, Community, Empathy, Experimental learning, Lifelong Learning, Problem solving

Media

Empathy is the Future Trend in Education

The return to a divided world has made people question why there has been a shift in popular mood towards intolerance, with many pointing to a lack of quality education as to why people have xenophobic opinions.

Empathy Is The Only Way To Stop The Cycle Of Bullying And Abuse

How do we prevent abuse and bullying? Roots of Empathy Founder, Mary Gordon, believes it all comes back to empathy – and the research backs her up. In Gordon's empowering speech f...

Cleary Vaughan-Lee: Storytelling Gets To The Heart Of Learning

Cleary Vaughan-Lee, Executive Director of Global Oneness Project, shares her passion for storytelling and explores how stories can shape education for the better.

50 Years On, What Can Educators Do To Uphold Martin Luther King Jr's Legacy?

It’s been fifty years since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, and as anniversaries tend to do, it makes you reflect on the impact of his legacy. Th...

Global Oneness Project Premieres New Film At Tribeca Film Festival!

The team behind Global Oneness Project will have their latest film, Earthrise, premiere at this year's Tribeca Film Festival on the 21st of April! Earthrise, by award-winnin...

Want Kids To Be Happy? Teach Them How To Communicate

Dutch teenagers have been found to be the happiest students in the world once again. What can we learn from them and the longest study into human happiness, in order to help our young people live ha...

A Very Global View on Education: What We Learnt

It was clear the ability to understand and communicate on a global level struck both the panel and the audience, and was a key topic of conversation over the course of the evening. People now have to collab...

Reading, A Romantic Reverie Or The Key To Unlocking A Child’s Future?

Reading has been proven to teach kids empathy, and is therefore an important tool for parents, teachers and schools to utilise when trying to help students enhance this ...

Introducing The First Global Innovations

We have announced our first ten global innovations! This blog explores the necessity and importance of Global Oneness, Education Cities and Blueprints.

Kerstyn Comley & Suzi Godson on Addressing Mental Health in School

Kerstyn Comley and Suzi Godson are the co-founders of MeeTwo, an app that provides a safe and simple way for young people to get help for anxiety.

Mutt-i-grees Hits the News!

CBS has reported that New York schools are “going to the dogs.. in the best possible way!” The report highlighted how the incredible work of Mutt-i-grees is changing the lives of children and their four legged friends at New Bridges Elemen...

The Next 100 Years Of Education - What Does The Future Hold?

Welcoming in a brand new year got us thinking about the years ahead - what could the next 100 years of education look like?