Project-Based Learning
JOCELYN PEGUERO
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Which group do you think will end up more successful?
Learning Targets
01. Readers will be able to identify the impact of project based learning on students and the benefits it can provide to the learning environment.
02. Readers will be able to determine the key characteristics teachers should have in order to create a proactive classroom.
What is Project-Based Learning (PBL)?
Project based learning is an educational approach that highlights learning through active engagement within real-world projects and assignments. This is a student-centered instructional method that helps teacher go beyond in creating a proactive/productive learning environment. Murat Genc conducted a study to identify the impact of PBL on students and their learning setting. He focused heavily on the outcome of grades and also the overall mood of the students. To his conclusion, PBL, while not exclusively teaches a student, it can positively effect the academic success of many individuals (Genc, 2015).
"Research suggests that students learn more from working on unstructured or ill-structured projects than they do on highly structured ones" (Project-Based Learning, n.d.). Structured projects follow a systematic framework with specific goals to achieve while unstructured projects lack formal framework and have a more open-ended objective. We can use many different lesson plans that follow the methods of project-based learning. It can be used for fun units to teach teamwork and creativity or even be used in a more formal manner that tackles more serious social constructs.
How do we use PBL?
PBL In Real Time
Example: Teacher Anne initiated her first PBL lesson. She arranged her classroom desks into clusters of four, these would be the small groups. On each desk was a problem card. In their groups, students had to identify the issue and construct their own solutions.
For their problem, students were assigned to different habitats and the animals that live within them. For each, the question is asked, what can be done in your habitat to further protect the species living within?
Students then drafted and created a solution they could test and improve!
The Outcome
Students are given the opportunity to collaborate with peers
Gain critical thinking skills
Learn the best questions to ask for tricky problems
Understanding how to draft solutions and turn them into finished products
Teachers will be able to see how students interact and find the ways they learn best
Students maintain project ownership
Teachers become more adaptable to the students learning abilities and creative outlets
The Process of Project Based Learning:
At the 0:30 we see the definition of project based learning!
Switch to minute 2:02 to see how even our failure can boost us toward succession as we try and try again!
Failure is not something strange to society, sometimes we need to embrace it!
At minute 2:59 you can see the best practices that can be used in the classroom.
Quiz
01. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of project-based learning?
A. Students and teachers learn from each other, brainstorming questions and answers and coming to concrete conclusions
B. Students learn many new skills such as: critical thinking, collaborative, creative freedom, etc.
C. Teachers get promoted faster when their students are successful
D. Teachers have the opportunity to cater lessons to their students to build an optimal learning zone
02. What is a key characteristic that a teacher should maintain when engaging in PBL?
A. Adaptability
B. Aggressive
C. Impatient
D. Short-tempered
Anser Key
Anser Key
01. C
02. A
Resources
Genc, M. (2015). The project-based learning approach in environmental education. International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 24(2), 105-117.
Koblin, J., & Gaggelli, P. (2023, July 20). The project-based learning method. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2Oa4OkkTtw
Project-Based Learning: Teaching Guide. Project-Based Learning: Teaching Guide | Center for Teaching & Learning. (n.d.). https://www.bu.edu/ctl/guides/project-based-learning/
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