“Wow! Amazing! Incredible!” What teacher doesn’t love to hear these awe-inspired words from students? Not only does awe foster curiosity and learning, it also enhances motivation, improves well-being, and connects students (and all of us) to greater purpose and meaning.

Join leading awe researcher, Dacher Keltner, and the Greater Good Science Center's Education team in exploring how to apply the cutting-edge science of awe in classrooms and schools. Learn how awe enhances academic learning, motivation, and student and teacher well-being—and how you can create inspiring educational environments, filled with curiosity, discovery, and "awesome" possibility.

Through thirteen resource-rich modules, you will learn about the eight wonders of awe, explore how awe benefits our brains and bodies, and find real-life examples and practices to help you bring more inspiration, meaning, and purpose to your students. 

Course Features

  • 13 modules, approximately 6-10 hours of learning, depending on engagement with supporting materials
  • Videos featuring talks by Dacher Keltner, Ph.D., UC Berkeley psychology professor, co-founder of the Greater Good Science Center, and author of Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life, Born to Be Good and The Power Paradox.
  • Videos featuring interviews with educators on their experience bringing awe into classrooms and staff meetings
  • Over 30 ready-to-use research-based awe practices for students and the adults who work with them
  • Downloadable slides on the science of awe for classroom use or professional development
  • Downloadable awe journal for use by students of all ages and education professionals
  • Discussion board for sharing ideas and reflections on bringing awe into classrooms and schools

Pricing

This course uses a sliding scale, reflecting our commitment to making Greater Good resources accessible to educators at every income level.

  • $179 (Supporter rate) — for those who want to pay it forward and help us keep this course accessible to others. 
  • $129 (Standard rate) — the true cost of the course. Choose this rate if you have financial security and can pay it comfortably.
  • $59 (Reduced rate) — for those whose economic circumstances would prevent them from having access to this course if expected to pay the full amount. 
  • $25 (Low and Middle Income Countries Rate) — for educators in countries recognized by the World Bank as Low or Middle Income. 

Taking the Course as a Group

Bring your whole school or community along. If you're enrolling a group of educators together, use the code TOGETHER for $20 off each enrollment, or contact us at ggsceducation@berkeley.edu to discuss other payment options.

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    Dacher Keltner

    Dacher Keltner, Ph.D., is a pioneering awe researcher, the founding faculty director of the Greater Good Science Center, and a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of The Power Paradox: How We Gain and Lose Influence and Born to Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life and a co-editor of The Compassionate Instinct: The Science of Human Goodness. Dacher is the host of the Greater Good Science Center’s award-winning podcast, The Science of Happiness, and is a co-instructor of the GGSC’s popular online course of the same name.

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    Vicki Zakrzewski

    Vicki Zakrzewski (zahk-shef-skee), Ph.D., is the founding education director of the Greater Good Science Center. As an international thought leader on the science of well-being in education, Vicki writes articles (Greater Good, ASCD’s Educational Leadership, Edutopia, and Huffington Post), gives talks and workshops all over the world, and consults with schools and organizations on how the science of compassion, empathy, gratitude, mindfulness, and other social, emotional, and ethical skills can enhance the professional lives of educators and the lives of their students

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