New blog post: Nurturing Hope

Reflections on Thinking Habits for a Challenging World: Nurturing Transformative Thinking for Flourishing Futures

Craig Findlay, High School Social Studies Teacher, Lethbridge School Division, Alberta

In this new blog post, Craig draws on more than 30 years of teaching experience to reflect on the ideas and approaches that might help address the challenges educators and learners are facing today. He highlights several key ideas from the TC² research paper Thinking Habits for a Challenging World: Nurturing Transformative Thinking for Flourishing Futures and explores how these habits can help young people navigate a world marked by rapid change, uncertainty, and disconnection.

Craig also considers how these habits invite educators and leaders to nurture agency, hope, and belonging in their communities.

In the blog post, he highlights an essential inquiry posed in the paper:

What do we hope learners leave our classrooms, schools, and systems feeling and being—not only knowing and doing?

We invite you to read Craig’s full reflection and consider how these thinking habits might shape conversations and decisions in your own contexts.

Read the blog post
Nurturing Hope: Reflections on Thinking Habits for a Challenging World

Explore the webpage and download the research paper
Transformative Thinking Habits

As this work continues to evolve, we look forward to offering additional reflections. We’ll be sharing more on this important new resource in the months ahead!