About Thom Markham PhD

As a PBL pioneer, thought leader, psychologist, global educator, and founder of PBL Global, Thom blends inquiry, positive psychology, creativity, wellbeing, and 21st century skills into a strengths focused model of PBL designed to help students become flexible, resilient, purpose-driven thinkers. He has shared his expertise with over 6000 teachers and 400 schools worldwide, and now offers a breakthrough set of mobile learning experiences designed to prepare every educator to be ‘future-ready.’ Thom is the author of the Buck Institute for Education’s Handbook on Project Based Learning and the Project Based Learning Design and Coaching Guide: Expert tools for Innovation and Inquiry for K – 12 Educators, as well as Redefining Smart: Awakening Students’ Power to Reimagine Their World, which forecasts the attitudes and beliefs necessary for young people to build a positive vision for the future.