Research The Global Thinking Project
Welcome Page About GTP GTP Projects GTP in Russia Georgia/Russia Exchange Research  GTP in Barcelona		About GTP Research The Global Thinking Project maintained a program of research by involving teachers, administrators,graduate students and researchers to study various aspects of the project including exchange activities, impact of the GTP on student learning, environmental concerns of students and teachers, and effects of an Internet based program on attitudes and conceptions.
		Books, Papers & Published Articles Ph.D Dissertations
		Books, Papers & Published Articles Hassard, J. and Weisberg, J. 1999. Environmental Science on the Net: The Global Thinking Project. Glenview, IL: Good Year Books Hassard, J. and Weisberg, J. 1999. The emergence of global thinking among American and Russian youth as a contribution to public understanding International Journal of Science Education, Vol. 21, No. 7, 731 - 743 Hassard, J. & Weisberg, J. 1999. Elements of the Development of a Global Environmental Perspective: What the American and Russian Kids Told Us, Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Meeting, Boston, MA, March 25. Hassard, J. 1997. The Georgia/Russia Exchange: Empowering Students to be Global Thinkers, CISV Interspectives, Vol 15, pp. 16-25 Dunkerly-Kolb, S. and Hassard, J. 1997. Citizen Scientists: Student Experiences in the GTP Georgia/Russian Exchange Project, Journal of Science Education and Technology, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 315-321 Hassard, J. 1997. Teaching Students to Think Globally, Journal of Humanistic Psychology, Vol. 37, No. 1, 1997, pp24-63, by Jack Hassard The GTP-Georgia/Russia Student/Educator Exchange Project, 1996-1997, Final Report, United States Information Agency, March 1998. The GTP-Georgia/Russia Student/Educator Exchange Project, 1997-1998, Proposal to the United States Information Agency Cross, R. and Hassard, J. 1994. The Global Thinking Project: Shared Concerns and Shared Experiences Across the Continents. Australian Science Teachers Journal, Vol. 39, No. 3, 18-23. Cross, R., Plant, B. and Hassard, J. 1994. The Global Thinking Project: Linking Students Together Around the World Through the Communication Highway. Curriculum Perspectives, 14, 19-23. Hassard, J. and Weisberg, J. 1993. The Global Thinking Project. The Science Teacher, Vol 59, No. 4, 42-47. Ph.D. Dissertations A number of researchers completed dissertation research projects. Mumma, Brian (2002). Effective teaching within Internet science projects: American and Russia teachers' perspectives of best practice. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia USA Dunkerly-Kolb, S. (1998). The Development of an instrument to measure community understanding: Implications for Environmental Education. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia USA McIlveene, M. (1996). A comparison of Russian and American students' concerns about environmental issues: Implications for environmental education curriculum. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia USA Robinson, J. W. (1996). The effects of the Global Thinking Project on middle school students' attitudes toward the environment. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia USA Springer, J.L. (1993). A principal's perspective of the Global Thinking Project at Dunwoody High School: Implications for administrators. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, The Union Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio. USA