Project-Based Learning
(PBL) is an instructional approach where traditional, direct classroom instruction and tests are replaced by authentic, often interdisciplinary projects, usually designed by the student with guidance from instructors/coaches, addressing real-world problems as the assessment instead of a test. It also is closely related to deeper learning, challenge-based learning, interest-based learning and more.
Preparing Students for a Project-Based World
"Preparing Students for a Project-Based World" describes how the new economy and growing inequities are impacting students and schools, and explores what we need to be doing to better prepare students for future success.
Five Tips for Testing the Place-Based Education Waters
By: Jennifer Pieratt. The open-endedness of planning Place-Based Education can quickly go from exhilarating to overwhelming, so here are five tips to help teachers just dip their toe in the deeper learning pool.
Promoting Technology Careers through Local Business Partnerships
By: Jeff Bushman. K-12 districts must find creative ways to prepare students for the college and careers of the future. Here is how my district developed a comprehensive computer science curriculum by partnering with a local business.
Getting Smart on Assessing and Measuring Social and Emotional Learning
A new consensus is emerging in K-12 education today: social and emotional learning (SEL) is essential not just for its own sake, but for its wide range of outcomes in academic and life success. The demand is clear, the tools to measure it are here and the time to implement it in schools is now.
Educating for Impact in a Project-Based World
By: Jason Swanson. With rapid changes in technology over the next decade, it might turn out that the patterns of disruption that have created a project-based world might also redefine what we mean by "project," changing education strategies.
Construction Technology and Habitat for Humanity: Partnering for the Future
By: Randall Hust. Byron Martin Advanced Technology Center students are gaining valuable construction technology experience that can help them transition from classroom to career by building a real house with Habitat for Humanity.
20 Schools and Networks That Educate With A Sense of Place
An illustrative list of 20 U.S. schools implementing Place-Based Education by taking advantage of local geography to create authentic, meaningful and engaging personalized learning for students.
Project-Based and Place-Based Learning in New Tech Schools
By: Julie McBride. Here are two examples of how New Tech Network schools often engage in project-based and place-based learning experiences that leverage partnerships and community assets for authentic and meaningful student learning.
Bringing Mindfulness to the K-5 Classroom
By: Lynea Gillen. There is a definite need to teach children at an early age what mindfulness is and how it can give us the tools we need for dealing successfully with all manner of challenges and difficulties.
The Bar Has Been Raised and The Rules Have Changed
The new economy requires a lot of young people--the bar is much higher and the rules for success in life have changed. These dynamic changes require a more personalized project-based approach to learning.