Project-Based Learning

A 21st-Century Skill

Project-Based Learning

• A dynamic approach to teaching.• Students explore real-world problems and challenges.• Active and engaged learning.• Students are inspired to obtain deeper knowledge of their

subject areas• Emphasizes learning activities that are long-term,

interdisciplinary and student-centered.

Structure of Project-Based Learning

• Teacher facilitates.• Students organize their own work and manage their own

time in a project-based class.• Project-based instruction is different from traditional

inquiry.• Emphasis is on students’ collaboration and or individual

artifact construction to represent what was learned.

Elements of Project-Based Learning

• Real world problems which captures students interest.• Provokes serious thinking as students acquire and apply

new knowledge in a problem solving context.• Students frame worthwhile questions and structure

meaningful tasks.• Knowledge development and social skills• Assessment focuses on the process/experience and the

product/outcome/

Project vs Problem Based learning

• There is a blurring of lines between these two approaches.

• Most important difference is students come up with their own problem around which they will create a project.

• Students work in collaborative groups.• Cross-curricular.• End result is a “product” which can be presented, it is on-

going and provides tangible steps with results.