The Jigsaw Classroom: A Cooperative Learning Technique. Project-Based Learning. The Autodesk Foundation deserves credit for bringing Project-Based Learning (PBL) to the attention of educators across the country during the 1990s.
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PROJECT-BASED LEARNING is a great way to immerse students in a fun, rich, and challenging learning environment. Based on real-life learning simulations, PBL is appropriate for all ages and multiple intelligences. Critical thinking, goal setting, problem solving, and collaborative skills all come into play in PBL, helping to build the skill sets considered essential for knowledge workers in the 21st century.
PBL allows students to see and experience connections across disciplines, while providing a versatile platform for discovering learning strengths and individual interests. The Web offers an abundance of PBL activities for all grade levels. Assessment: Making Sure PBL Is Working 1 ] Key Elements in PBL Assessment. 2 ] Creating Checklists. 3 ] Choices of Assessment Tools. 4 ] Aligning Assessment and Learning. 23 ] Think Quest. Inquiry-based learning. Inquiry-based learning (also enquiry-based learning in British English)[1] starts by posing questions, problems or scenarios—rather than simply presenting established facts or portraying a smooth path to knowledge.
The process is often assisted by a facilitator. Inquirers will identify and research issues and questions to develop their knowledge or solutions. Inquiry-based learning includes problem-based learning, and is generally used in small scale investigations and projects, as well as research.[2] History[edit] In the 1960s Joseph Schwab called for inquiry to be divided into four distinct levels.[10] This was later formalized by Marshall Herron in 1971, who developed the Herron Scale to evaluate the amount of inquiry within a particular lab exercise.[11] Since then, there have been a number of revisions proposed and inquiry can take various forms.
Teach Elements Online Professional Development Courses. Project Based Learning Lessons, Templates, PBL Websites for Teachers. Videos. Experiential Learning & Experiential Education: Philosophy, theory, practice & resources. Several authors (e.g., Kraft, 1991; Richards, 1977) have pointed out that experiential learning dates back beyond recorded history and remains pervasive in current society, whether formalized by educational institutions or occurring informally in day-to-day life.
In this sense, experiential learning is not an alternative approach, but the most traditional and fundamental method of human learning. Ironically, the current perception of experiential education as different is probably less due to new developments in experiential learning than it is to the normalization of didactic teaching as the mainstream educational methodology. Since the 1950's there has been a growing focus in writings and research specifically on experiential learning. Experiential education. Experiential education is a philosophy of education that describes the process that occurs between a teacher and student that infuses direct experience with the learning environment and content.[1] The term is not interchangeable with experiential learning; however experiential learning is a sub-field and operates under the methodologies of experiential education.[2] The Association for Experiential Education regards experiential education as "a philosophy that informs many methodologies in which educators purposefully engage with learners in direct experience and focused reflection in order to increase knowledge, develop skills, clarify values, and develop people's capacity to contribute to their communities.
"[3] Experiential education is the term for the philosophy and educational progressivism is the movement which it informed. About[edit] John Dewey was an educator, but he was foremost a philosopher. Dewey advocated that education be based upon the quality of experience. Project-based Learning Resources. Project, Problem, and Inquiry-Based Learning. What are problem, project, and inquiry based learning?
How are these approaches alike and different? How do I choose the best approach for my technology-rich classroom? A project-based approach is enjoyable for everyone involved. Can fun activities really promote learning? Over the past decade an increasing number of studies have shown the positive impact of project-based learning on achievement. Read Start With the Pyramid from Edutopia. Explore the Approaches. Background Knowledge & Theory. The Basics Features of Project-Based Instruction Issues Raised About Project-Based Learning The Student in Project-Based Instruction Instructional Sequence in Project-Based Instruction Summary Four Stages of Inquiry: Applying Theory to Projects in This Web Site.
How to Differentiate Instruction. How to Differentiate Instruction What's All the Hype?
Unfortunately, our images of school are almost factory images, so school is very standardized. But kids don't come in standard issue. The challenge is having teachers question the standardized notion of school and then helping kids realize there's a better way to do school. (Carol Ann Tomlinson, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Foundations, and Policy; The Curry School of Education, University of Virginia) Effective teachers have been differentiating instruction for as long as teaching has been a profession. What The Research Tells Us About Differentiate Instruction There are three bodies of research worth mentioning. The Education Alliance: Teaching Diverse Learners. ESL Activities on Social Issues. ESL activities on social issues can be a great way to spark a "natural" conversation in the classroom.
Students most likely engage in discussions about social issues in their native language. However, talking about those same topics in a classroom in English is another thing entirely. In many respects, a successful ESL conversation activity around social issues involves detailed and well-prepared lesson planning. The most important steps are finding the right topics suitable to your class, subjects that students are passionate about, and tailoring/adapting lesson materials to meet students' language levels. Choosing Topics As a teacher, only you will know what kind of topics will be easier to broach with your students than others.
Try to anticipate how willing (and able) students will be to talk about the topic.Ensure that your materials are professional and unbiased.
Project, Problem, and Inquiry-Based Learning. Project. Inquiry.