Designing a Community of Thinkers
Workshop with Dr. Jennifer Chang Wathall & Tania Lattanzio
DESIGNING LEARNING THAT BUILDS UNDERSTANDING, INQUIRY, AND STUDENT AGENCY
Think | Connect | Wonder
WORKSHOP DETAILS
SATURDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER 2026
8:30 AM – 3:00 PM
SUNDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER 2026
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM
LOCATION:
Ersha Campus: PK – Gr. 3 | No 3 Yan Yu Street South, Ersha Island, Guangzhou, CHINA
CONTACT: (8620) 8735 3392
WHAT TEACHERS WILL GAIN
• Explore what a true “thinking classroom” looks and feels like
• Learn strategies to make student thinking visible
• Design learning engagements that promote deep understanding
• Develop ways to foster student agency and ownership
• Explore questioning that deepens thinking
• Explore how conceptual learning promotes students as thinkers
• Understand the importance of sense making and students constructing meaning
• Experience practical strategies that can immediately transfer into classrooms