Project-based learning. It is what it is, right? Well, that is, if you know what it is. For those who've yet to see project-based learning in action, it can be a complicated concept to plan for and implement. Are students expected to do projects all day? Do we teach first and have the students complete projects later? Do the students plan the projects? What is the teacher's role throughout all of this? If you are as unfamiliar with PBL as I once was, you've probably pondered similar questions.
To better understand project-based learning, let's begin with what it ISN'T. In the video below, Jeff Robin, an art teacher at High Tech High, highlights common misconceptions about project-based learning. Once we can understand what it's NOT , we can more clearly begin to understand what it truly should be for our students.
So then what IS project-based learning?
Project-based learning is...
Wondering what project-based learning looks like in an elementary classroom? Just watch this group of 3rd graders as they work through a PBL unit on butterflies!
Want to learn more about what project-based learning IS? Check out these informative articles/blogs:
http://www.stemmom.org/2012/03/what-inquiry-is-not.html - Defining inquiry http://www.teachthought.com/learning/project-based-learning/difference-between-projects-and-project-based-learning/ - The difference between projects and project-based learning http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/01/02/what-project-based-learning-is-and-isnt/ http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2013/12/hand-over-reins-student-driven-projects http://bie.org/about/what_pbl - Buck Institute "What is Project-Based Learning?"
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