Gain a better understanding of how to effectively use project-based learning to fully engage students in the classroom.
Learn how to increase the depth of student learning in many curricular areas by moving toward student-directed inquiry on academic topics in which students develop their understanding through the completion of in-depth projects. Many student projects are multidisciplinary, providing the chance for students to see the relevancy of their learning through direct application in their projects. If you love seeing students fully engaged in learning, this information will provide practical guidance in making this happen in your classroom.
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Why Does This Topic Matter?
- Too Many Students Fail to Develop the Understandings Needed to Become Successful in Their Future Lives
- Our Fast-Paced World Needs People Who Are Self-Directed Learners and Problem Solvers
- Both the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and the Next Generation Science Standards Practically Require Shifting to Project-Based Learning
What Does the Research Say About the Efficacy of Inquiry-Driven PBL?
- Numerous National Reports, Papers and Books Point to the Efficacy of This Approach - With a Rich History of Work Dating Back to the Early Part of the Last Century
What Are the Elements of Good Questions?
- Not All Questions Are Equal - How to Guide and Measure the Development of Good Questions
How to Resist the Temptation to Overly Guide Students to the Right Answers
- Some Setup-Presentation by the Teacher Is Essential, but It Takes Skill to Know When to Stop Sharing Your Knowledge and Let the Students Develop Their Own
- Examples Will Be Provided
Projects and Activities: Are They the Same?
What Subjects and Age Levels Are Best for This Approach?
- While This Approach Has Received a Lot of Attention in the Science Classroom, Especially at Middle- and High-School Levels, It Has Great Relevance Across the Curriculum at Virtually All Grades
Is Your Classroom Optimized for Student Projects? If Not, What Changes Might You Make?
- Does Your Classroom Layout Promote Student Inquiry and Projects? If Not, How Might You Change It?
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This course was last revised on May 9, 2018.
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David D. Thornburg, Ph.D.
The Thornburg Center
- Founder of The Thornburg Center and inventor of the Educational Holodeck, an interactive and immersive learning environment designed specifically to support the pedagogical model
- Previously worked as a scientist, engineer, inventor and educator
- Emphasizing the transformation of K-12 education to meet the needs of our fast-paced world
- Presented numerous lectures, workshops, articles and books, and is a professor of education at Walden University, advising doctoral candidates and teaching a course on future and emerging technologies
- Strong advocate of the idea that we must prepare students for their future, not for our past
- Well-known proponent of pedagogical models that promote deep knowledge and understanding
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