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Essential Questions
What is Project-Based Learning?
How is PBL different from traditional
approaches to teaching and learning?
How are PBL units designed?
How does research support PBL?
Project-Based Learning:
A Definition
A systematic teaching method that
engages
students
in
learning
essential knowledge and lifeenhancing
skills
through
an
extended,
student-influenced
inquiry process structured around
complex, authentic questions and
carefully designed products and
tasks.
--Project Based Learning Online Buck
Another Definition
"a comprehensive perspective focused on
teaching by engaging students in
investigation. Within this framework, students
pursue solutions to nontrivial problems by
asking and refining questions, debating ideas,
making predictions, designing plans and/or
experiments, collecting and analyzing data,
drawing conclusions, communicating their
ideas and findings to others, asking new
questions, and creating artifacts."
(Blumenfeld, et al.,
Introductory Video
The 5 Key Concepts of PBL:
http
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnzCGNnU_WM
Why PBL?
Developing questions about complex,
intriguing, and sometimes mysterious
experiences or phenomena seems to be
a very natural occurrence.
When people encounter strange
happenings or difficult concepts and
ideas, they naturally formulate questions
such as, Whats going on? Why is this
happening? What does this mean? What
will happen in the future?
Project-Based Learning
Increases student motivation and engagement in
learning
Is more effective that traditional instruction in
increasing academic achievement
More long-term retention, in-depth knowledge, and
broader knowledge base
Improves student retention of knowledge over time
Improves mastery of 21st century skills, including
leadership and writing
Improved communication and interpersonal/social
skills
Increased creativity
Is especially effective with lower-achieving students
Step 1
Teacher develops
class &
teaches
students how
to design projects
Support Continues
During the Entire Process
Step
3
Students
may
design a
final exit
project
Collaborative Groups
A good way to practice social skills (and could
be tied in to Skill Development/Club periods)
Should be structured with student roles
Include focus on active listening and
communication skills
Steps may need to be outlined or
chunked
Individual Projects
Great for researching specific interests
Perfect for students that work at a faster
pace
Student may have better ability to identify
questions/problems that need to be solved
Could tie-in to college projects
The Students
Role
Curriculum
Students learn knowledge and elements of the
core curriculum, but also apply what they know
to solve authentic problems and produce results
Students use digital tools to produce high
quality, collaborative products
Refocuses education on the student, not the
curriculum--a shift mandated by the global world,
which rewards intangible assets such as drive,
passion, creativity, empathy, and resiliency
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Basis of PBL
The authentic or real-life application of
research
Students are given a "driving question" to
respond to or answer, then directed to create
an artifact(s) to present their gained
knowledge
Artifacts may include: writings, art, drawings,
3D representations, videos, photography,
and/or technology-based presentations
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Structure of PBL
Long-term, interdisciplinary and studentcentered projects
Students organize their work and manage
their time in a project-based class
Project-based instruction differs from
traditional inquiry by its emphasis on
students' collaborative or individual artifact
construction to represent what is being
learned
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Steps/Elements
Real-world problem captures students' interest and
provokes serious thinking
Organized around an open-ended question or
challenge
Creates a need to know essential content and skills
from Core Curriculum
Requires inquiry to learn and/or create something new
Requires critical thinking, problem solving,
collaboration, and various forms of communication,
often known as "21st Century Skills"
Allows some degree of student voice and choice
Incorporates feedback and revision
Results in a publicly presented product or performance
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Assessments
Students are held accountable to their goals
through ongoing feedback and assessments
Ensures the student stays within the scope
of the driving question and the core
standards the project is trying to meet
Used to track and monitor progress, and to
show the work meets core standards
Should be transparent and self assessments
are useful
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Outcomes
Learn to work in a community
Creates better work habits and attitudes
toward learning
Increased independence
Gain skills that are essential in higher
education: find answers to questions and
combine information using critical
thinking skills to come up with answers
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Examples of Questions
What is the best way to reduce the
pollution in the pond?
What problems face our community? How
could they be resolved?
How would you open a restaurant?
What moral dilemmas are present in the
Hunger Games? How should they be
addressed?
How could we help children in Africa?
3 Types of PBL
1. Challenge-Based Learning/Problem-Based Learning:
a multidisciplinary approach to teaching and learning
that encourages students to leverage the technology
they use in their daily lives to solve real-world
problems through efforts in their homes, schools and
communities.
2. Place-Based Education: immerses students in local
heritage, cultures, landscapes, opportunities and
experiences; uses these as a foundation for the study
of language arts, mathematics, social studies, science
and other subjects across the curriculum, and
emphasizes learning through participation in service
projects for the local school and/or community.
3. Activity-Based learning: students construct their
own meaning through hands-on activities, often
with
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Career Pathways
How could PBL enhance our career pathways
programs?
Arts and
Communication
Business
Management
Animal
Systems
Human
Development
Industry &
Technology
Natural
Resources
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