Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE)

For those interested in learning in school settings, an understanding of educational psychology, including theories of how students learn and what motivates students to learn, is fundamental. This course offers a broad introduction to psychological theory...

*Lottery-Based Enrollment* This course uses a developmental perspective to examine the emerging role and impact artificial intelligence (AI) has on children’s cognitive and social development from early childhood to adolescence. Students will engage in...

In this project-based studio course, students will design and prototype educational technologies that foster deeper learning. Building on pedagogies, learning theories, and design frameworks from prior coursework, students will apply their knowledge to...

*Lottery-Based Enrollment* Innovations in education technology are making it possible to reach learners in ways that were once unimaginable. This course critically examines the complexity of navigating the affordances and limitations of technology to...

*Lottery-Based Enrollment* Creative entrepreneurs change education by establishing new products and services. This course is designed to help prepare students as founders , to start their own companies, or as joiners, to join a startup or existing...

T561 explores how emerging digital tools and media can aid with crucial problems facing our global civilization. The world presents a new landscape deeply shaped by advanced technologies – communications, biotechnology, and computing – that place demands...

Educators are typically equipped with technology, media, and materials that are "one size fits all" and that have been designed primarily for a narrow and illusive group of "regular" students. This course will explore an alternative approach--universal...

Languages can connect learners to multilingual communities and cultures, both locally and globally, and technology has the potential to enhance our interactions with the globalized world. This course presents a comprehensive exploration of the role of...

This course explores specific principles from cognitive and learning science with important implications for instructional and curriculum design. It considers how research findings on topics such as transfer, analogy, metacognition, conceptual change...

This seminar is designed to introduce you to the experience of envisioning and creating media materials for learning. As a participant, you will have the opportunity to design, produce, test, and revise an individual small-scale project. In other words...