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Project-Based Learning Professional Development Guide. An overview of the Edutopia professional development guide for teaching how to use project-based learning in the classroom.

Project-Based Learning Professional Development Guide

Edutopia.org's Project-Based Learning professional development guide can be used for a two- to three-hour session, or expanded for a one- to two-day workshop, and is divided into two parts. Part one is a guided process, designed to give participants a brief introduction to project-based learning (PBL), and answers the questions "Why is PBL important? ", "What is PBL about? " Big Thinkers: Linda Darling-Hammond on Becoming Internationally Competitive. Linda: In the United States now, we're talking a lot about international competition, internationally benchmarked standards and so on.

Big Thinkers: Linda Darling-Hammond on Becoming Internationally Competitive

And I wanted to see what is actually happening in terms of teaching and learning in other countries. So I've looked at a lot of high-achieving countries, and it became very clear to me right away that the issue is not just the standards that are written on paper. Tech4Learning. K-12 Education & Learning Innovations with Proven Strategies that Work.