This episode’s conversation is with Patrick Cook-Deegan, Founder + Director of Project Wayfinder, started at Stanford’s d.school and now in its third year of operation.
Project Wayfinder’s mission is to inspire the next generation to become intentional meaning-makers empowered to contribute to the world around them. Patrick and his team have created a year-long curriculum to help students find meaning and purpose. The curriculum is being piloted with 4000 students at 25 high school and after-school programs across the globe.
At Project Wayfinder, there is the belief that school has the possibility to be a transformative and profound experience for young people, one that sparks passion and curiosity. To create such an experience, schools will need to nurture a sense of meaningfulness and emphasize why life is valuable. Project Wayfinder is a powerful contribution towards re-imagining adolescent education.
Patrick is a leader in purpose learning, meaning-making education, and reimagining high school for the 21st century. In 2015-2016, Patrick was an education innovation fellow at Stanford’s d.school where he came into the fellowship with the question: How do we help adolescents craft meaningful lives and develop a sense of purpose? A year later, Project Wayfinder was born.
Patrick has spoken at more than 100 schools including Duke, Yale, and UCLA. He has been featured in the Washington Post, Boston Globe, and NPR and written for Stanford Social Innovation Review, Edutopia, UC Berkeley’s Greater Good and the recently published book Purpose Rising. Patrick is an All-American high school lacrosse player, Fulbright Scholar, Brown University graduate, and former lecturer at Stanford’s d.school.
Here are some topics we discussed:
Let’s learn more about Project Wayfinder — how did it come into existence, what’s its work and why is this an important resource to learn more about for those interested in school change?
In a 2016 article in Stanford Social Innovation Review, you advocate for the redesign of the high school experience by bringing back the “why.” You share 6 actions we can take to design new learning environments. Can you share some of your ideas here?
What are some of the core frameworks that you use at Project Wayfinder and how did you develop with them?
Tell us about how Project Wayfinder works with schools, school leaders and learners to help teachers and learners develop meaning and purpose?
From your work to date, can you share some success stories? What challenges have you observed along the way?
What’s next for you, Patrick? What are you working on that you’d like to share?
Exploring Additional Resources:
To learn more about Patrick’s work, visit…
Project Wayfinder website: http://www.projectwayfinder.com
Project Wayfinder on Twitter – @projectwayfindr
Website with my writing: http://patrickcookdeegan.com/media
Book just published chapter in: Purpose Rising
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How might Project Wayfinder support your work in reimagining the high school experience + developing purposeful students + teachers?
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