1994 - 1995
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The GoodWork Project was developed by three Principal Investigators, Mihaly
Csikszentmihalyi, William Damon, and Howard Gardner. Since then, over 50
researchers from 5 different universities have participated. The GoodWork
Project has been funded by several national foundations as well as a number
of private donors. The GoodWork Project has mainly taken place in the United
States, though international collaborations are underway in Scandinavia and
are beginning in Italy.
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1997 - 2006 |
Researchers conducted in-depth interviews with more than 1200 professionals in
9 domains: Journalism, genetics, theater, business, K-12 education, higher education,
law, medicine, and philanthropy. Individuals ranged in age and professional stage;
the interview subjects included 10-15 year-olds, high school students, individuals
in the first few years of their careers, and veteran professionals.
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2001 |
The Traveling Curriculum in Journalism was developed in collaboration with the
Committee of Concerned Journalists. This application is a series of “traveling”
training workshops for mid-career journalists that address standards of the domain.
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2003
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Other specimen courses in this country: “ Good Work: When Excellence and Ethics
Meet”
at Harvard University (Howard Gardner); “GoodWork in the Global Context”
at New York
University (Marcelo Suárez-Orozco and Howard Gardner); “Integration
of Liberal Studies”
at San Jose State (Susan Verducci); “Communication in
Organizations” at Colorado State
University (Kirsten Broadfoot); “Ethics and
Professional Identity: What is Good Work?”
at Georgetown Law School
(Carrie Menkel-Meadow); “Entrepreneurship and Good Work”
at Brown University
(Josef Mittlemann).
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2004 |
The GoodWork Toolkit was developed to encourage young individuals and their
teachers, coaches, supervisors, and mentors to talk about and reflect on issues
of “good work.” In 2004, we piloted the series of portraits and activities/prompts
with individual teachers from many different schools.
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2005 |
The team began implementing the GoodWork Toolkit within a whole school culture
(students, teachers, faculty, parents) and facilitated workshops for professionals in
education (at Harvard Project Zero and other educational settings).
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2006 |
College workshops based on web-based surveys of students and educators at three
colleges were organized by Claremont Graduate University staff. Feedback from the
surveys was shared with stakeholders at these colleges, and conversations started
about the implications of misalignment within the institutions.
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“Meaningful Work in a Meaningful Life,” a college-level course was developed in
collaboration with Rushworth Kidder and the Institute for Global Ethics for Colby
College
(Waterville, ME). This for-credit course is hosted by the Goldfarb Center for
Public Affairs
and Civic Engagement.
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2007 |
New projects growing out of the GoodWork Project: " The Trust & Trustworthiness
Project"
(Harvard); and " The GoodPlay Project" (Harvard); “Youth Purpose,”
involving
field work in high schools in U.S. and U.K (Stanford); Project on the Sources
of Good Mentoring
(Claremont).
Recent Collaboration with Lloyd Thacker (Education Conservancy) to address issues
of
college admissions.
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*** Major publications, Good Work (2001), Making Good (2004), Good Business (2004),
The Moral Advantage (2004); Daedalus (Summer 2005), Taking Philanthropy Seriously
(2006),
Responsibility at Work (2007). Over 50 research papers posted
on this website.
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