Project-Based Learning
Combining Inquiry and PBL: 3 Guidelines for Success
By: Kelsey Bednar. In my experience supporting educators who are making the shift to PBL, I hear one challenge voiced more consistently than others: how do I facilitate student inquiry? Here are three tips to help you get started.
Making Project-Based Learning Authentic
By: Sheldon Soper. Students who participate in high-quality project-based learning develop skills, processes and products that are an ideal match for the demands of the 21st-century, but creating authentic projects is key for engaging them.
What Will Change If I Start Practicing PBL?
Project-Based Learning has long been about making learning a more transformational experience for students, but it's transformational for teachers, as well. How so? Find out here.
3 New Resolutions After 10 Years of Teaching PBL
It's my 20th year of teaching and 10th year of implementing project-based learning (PBL) in the classroom. Here are three goals I've set for myself to refine and retool my teaching practice.
PBL for Equity & Inclusion of Students with Disabilities
By: Ace Parsi. How do we respond to struggling learners, including those with disabilities, when they just can’t seem to get it? The unfortunate fact is that we too often double down on ineffective “skill and drill” approaches that fail to engage them. PBL can help.
What Parents Need to Know About Project-Based Learning
As a parent, you’ve probably heard the buzz about “project-based learning,” but you might not know exactly what it means. Here's everything you need to know.
Little Kids, Big Ideas: Inspiring Project-Based Learning
Here are four practices that can help teachers design the kind of meaningful, project-based learning that simultaneously reveals children's hidden talents and genius while also connecting them to their community.
Two KC Schools That Use Projects to Engage and Transform
We recently visited these two Kansas City area elementary schools combining personalized and project-based learning to help young people develop valuable knowledge, skills and dispositions.
Achieve Better Learning: Utilize Curiosity to Stimulate Brain Function
By: Denise Ahlquist. Nurturing curiosity stimulates overall brain functioning, which research shows will help students learn across the curriculum and throughout their lives. Learn more here.
Ask and You Shall Receive: The Absolute Power of a Question
I have spent a great deal of my career focused on answering questions, and have--even if sometimes reluctantly--applauded mentors that have forced me to answer some tough ones myself. Here, I look at the different types of questioners I value in my life.