Project based learning
Project based Learning
- solve a real-world problem or answering a complex question
- a problem to investigate and solve, or a question to explore and answer
- develop a public product or presentation
- critical thinking, creativity, and communication skills
Develops
- Collaboration
- Critical thinking
- Communication
- Creativity
- Citizenship
4 Guiding Principles of a great project
STUDENT OWNERSHIP
How excited are you about this project?
The project focuses and builds on you and your group’s interests, strengths and passions. The project matters to you, you care about what you are doing.
SUBSTANTIAL LEARNING
How will your new skills change the world?
Your project supports substantial learning that deepens the understanding, skills and dispositions of the group and yourself. The learning offers challenge to all group members over a sustained period of time. It will also be useful to you in the future - in other impact projects and your learning outside school.
QUALITY PRODUCT
How will you make your product excellent quality?
Meets the picture of quality you are developing in your success criteria. A quality product will be useful because it has been improved with feedback from experts and stakeholders.
CONTRIBUTING TO THE COMMUNITY
Who wants it and how does it suit their needs?
The project enables you to participate and contribute to a community in a meaningful way. The ‘community’ is anything larger than yourself for example identifying a stakeholder who the project group will work with/for developing their project in some way. They may benefit from the product itself or from collaborating with you on your project or both!
From Tai Wananga
Possible approaches:
- Inquiry (Question → Investigate → Create → Iterate)
- Scientific investigation (Aim → Hypothesis → Test (Experiment) → Results → Conclusion)
- Design thinking (Empathise → Define → Ideate → Prototype → Test)
Inspired by Learning Unlimited at Alfriston, Project based learning at Tai Wanaga