A COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM
FOR FACULTY, STAFF, & LEADERSHIP

SUMMER 2025

DATES AND LOCATION TBA

thinkLAB GOALS

HOW DOES thinkLAB WORK?

STEP 1: COALESCE A TEAM

Identify a small team of colleagues (2-4 individuals) at your institution interested in teaching Argument Mapping and Systematic Empathy by implementing the thinkARGUMENTS virtual program with students.


Teams can include faculty, program leaders, graduate student teachers and teaching assistants, advising staff, Deans, Provosts, and more!

STEP 2: TRY THEN APPLY

Browse the thinkARGUMENTS online program for students if you haven't already to get a feel. Try taking some practice sets and mastery checks, just like a student would!

When you're ready, submit an application for the summer program. It's fast and easy.

STEP 3: JOIN THE COHORT

Once accepted, we will email your team information about how to join the all-group sessions, peer support groups, and connect with thinkFellows-- faculty and institutional leaders who have successfully implemented thinkARGUMENTS to fit their course and program goals.

During the all-group sessions, be ready to hear from experts, ask questions, and imagine how your courses and programs might be changed for the better if your students mastered Argument Mapping and Systematic Empathy. Outside of sessions, we'll suggest how you can collaborate with your team over the summer to make lasting, substantive impact across courses and programs.

Participants who attend all of the sessions will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the program.

STEP 4: IMPLEMENT & ITERATE

Use thinkARGUMENTS in your courses, and track changes in students' skills (we can help!).

Along the way, reach out to the thinkARGUMENTS team and network with questions.

We will connect you with peers and mentor Fellows who can help guide next steps that are tailored to your goals and institution.

THE DETAILS

Info for summer 2025 coming soon– stay tuned!

TOOLS YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH

Systematic Empathy is a step-by-step method for precise listening. Participants slow down their thinking to better understand the logic and context of an opposing argument.

Argument Mapping activates reasoning skills by uncovering hidden reasons, faulty logic, as well as points of connection.

Mastery Learning is a process for building Systematic Empathy and Argument Mapping skills through student-centered practice. Students work at their own pace, and their own skill level, to practice until mastery is achieved,

LEARN MORE AT A PREVIEW WEBINAR

Hear more about the summer institute and ask your questions at a spring preview webinar!

UPCOMING WEBINAR DATES:

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ABOUT US

thinkARGUMENTS is produced by ThinkerAnalytix, an education non-profit organization spun out of the Harvard University Department of Philosophy. Why philosophy? For philosophers, disagreement is expected, even invited, to tackle seemingly impossible problems. History shows that the best learning happens through disagreement that is inquisitive, respectful, and fearless.
We leverage thousands of years of pedagogy from philosophy and custom education technology to offer a portfolio of courses and programs that teach productive disagreement as an essential part of learning and working communities.