Project Based Learning by Elwifdni

Project Based LearningProject Based Learning

ELWIFDNI

Life Is Project Based Learning

Mind Mapping

Guiding Questions: What is PBL? Why use PBL in an

intervention classroom?

PBL is NOT New

CARL ROGERS

1902 - 1987 JOHN DEWEY 1859-1952

BENJAMIN BLOOM 1913-1999

SOCRATES470-399 B.C.

JEROME BRUNER1915-CURRENT

LEV VYGOTSKY 1896-1934

JEAN PIAGET

1896-1980

SEYMOUR PAPART

Learning: an active process in which students construct new ideas or concepts based on their current knowledge.

Seven Elements of Project-Based Learning Standards Based Assessment Student Centered Collaboration Real World Connection Extended Time Frame Multimedia

Another Way to Look at What is PBL

Content

Conditions

Activities

Results

Content:

Compelling ideas

Problems presented in their full complexity Students finding interdisciplinary

connections between ideas Students struggling with ambiguity,

complexity, and unpredictability Real-world questions that students care

about

Conditions:

Support student autonomy

Students community of inquiry Coursework in a social context Students exhibit task- and time-management

behaviors Students direct their own work & learning Students simulate the professional work

Activities:

Investigative and engaging

Students multi-faceted investigations over long periods of time

Students encountering obstacles, seeking resources, and solving problems

Students making their own connections among ideas and acquiring new skills

Students using authentic tools Students getting feedback from expert sources

and realistic assessment

Results

Real-world outcomes

Students generating complex intellectual products to demonstrate learning

Students participate in assessment Students held accountable for competence Students exhibiting growth in real-world

competence

Traditional Instruction Emphasizes

Project Based Learning Emphasizes

Focus of curriculum•Depth of understanding•Comprehension of concepts and principles•Development

Focus of curriculum•Content coverage•Knowledge of facts•Learning "building-block" skills in isolation•of complex problem-solving skills

Traditional Instruction Emphasizes

Project Based Learning Emphasizes

Scope and sequence•Follows student interest•Large units composed of complex problems or issues•Broad, interdisciplinary focus

Scope and sequence•Follows fixed curriculum•Proceeds block by block, unit by unit•Narrow, discipline-based focus

Teaching role

•Follows student interest•Large units composed of complex problems or issues•Broad, interdisciplinary focus

Teaching role

•Follows fixed curriculum•Proceeds block by block, unit by unit•Narrow, discipline-based focus

Traditional Instruction Emphasizes

Project Based Learning Emphasizes

Focus of assessment

•Process and products•Tangible accomplishments•Criterion performances and gains over time•Demonstration of understanding

Focus of assessment

•Products•Test scores•Comparisons with others•Reproduction of information

Traditional Instruction Emphasizes

Project Based Learning Emphasizes

Materials of instruction

•Direct or original sources: printed materials, interviews, documents, and others•Data and materials developed by students

Traditional Instruction Emphasizes

Project Based Learning Emphasizes

Materials of instruction

•Texts, lectures and presentations•Teacher-developed exercise sheets and activities

Use of technology

•Central, integral•Directed by students•Useful for enhancing student presentations or amplifying student capabilities

Traditional Instruction Emphasizes

Project Based Learning Emphasizes

Use of technology

•Ancillary, peripheral•Administered by teachers•Useful for enhancing teachers' presentations

Classroom context

•Students working alone•Students competing with one another•Students receiving information from an instructor

Classroom context

•Students working in groups•Students collaborating with one another•Students constructing, contributing, and synthesizing information

Traditional Instruction Emphasizes

Project Based Learning Emphasizes

Student role

•Carry out instructions•Memorizer and repeater of facts•Students receive and complete brief tasks•Listen, behave, speak only when spoken to

Student role•Carry out self- directed learning activities•Discoverer, integrator, and presenter of ideas•Students define their own tasks and work independently for large blocks of time

Traditional Instruction Emphasizes

Project Based Learning Emphasizes

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