Project-Based World
In this year-long campaign titled “It’s a Project-Based World,” Getting Smart explored the economic realities of a project-based world as part of the equity movement to ensure all students are prepared for college, career and citizenship. The purpose of this project was to promote equity and access to deeper learning outcomes for all students. We cultivated a blog series exploring topics around the preparation of students, teachers and leaders for a project-based world. In addition to the blog series, the campaign included podcast interviews, publications, infographics and speaking engagements. For more see our It’s a Project-based World campaign page.
Project-Based World
Preparing Teachers for a Project-Based World
In the paper, Preparing Teachers for a Project-Based World, we explore how teacher preparation and professional learning can be aligned to--and modeled after--the types of deeper learning environments we also seek to create for students.
Leadership
4 Systemic Supports for High Quality PBL
By: David Ross. Here are four support systems that enable teachers to practice high-quality project-based learning and achieve desired educational outcomes for 21st-century students.
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Taking PBL One Step at a Time
By: Tony Donen. PBL is not something teachers can just go into their classroom and do. So here are several ways to help prepare teachers to become strong project-based learning implementers.
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5 Professional Learning Practices for PBL
To ensure that the desired change to authentic, project-based learning environments has the desired impact on how students learn in school, we have to change how teachers learn.
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What Can You Do with an Idea? An Award-Winning PBL Program
I recently sat down with New Life Academy teacher Kathy Lutes, who features Project-Based Learning (PBL) in her classroom, to discuss her award-winning PBL program.
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New, Different and Adaptive: The New Keys to Education and Employability
The business and education worlds are undeniably connected, and we are living in an age of unprecedented shifts in our economy. So here are five ways to ensure today's students are being prepared for future college and career success.
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3 Teacher Tips for the PBL Paradigm Shift
By: Jenny Pieratt. The paradigm shift from teacher to PBL facilitator is not one that happens overnight, over one training or through one project. Here are three tips to help teachers best prepare for success in a project-based world.
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Teachers – Designers and Architects of Meaningful Student Learning Experiences
By Rhonda Hill. Strategies for implementing a project-based framework that allows teachers to design meaningful student learning experiences.
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What Is Our World’s Greatest Challenge?
By: Catherine Browning. Our world faces multiple challenges that require innovative solutions based on customs, cultures and environments. So how do we change education to help prepare educators and students to succeed in the future?
Equity & Access
What We are Doing to Ensure High Quality PBL for All
By: Bob Lenz. This fall, the Buck Institute for Education will be leading an initiative to design, develop and disseminate a set of nationally and internationally recognized guidelines for the practice of high-quality PBL. Learn more about joining this project.