8 Switches To Update Project-Based Learning In The 21st Century -
8 Switches To Update Project-Based Learning In The 21st Century by Thom Markham Here’s some simple math: 1.8 billion youth need to be educated for 21st Century life. And, given that 21st Century living increasingly demands sophisticated work skills, deep personal strengths such as curiosity, empathy, and flexibility, and the ability to think as well as absorb content, it better be good education.
Want Better Project-Based Learning? Use Social and Emotional Learning
Today's guest blogger is Thom Markham, a psychologist, educator, and president of Global Redesigns, an international consulting organization focused on project-based learning, social-emotional learning, youth development, and 21st-century school design. An unfortunate legacy of the cognitive model that dominates education is the belief that everything important in life takes place from the neck up. This belief is the primary reason that many teachers struggle with project-based learning (PBL). At its best, PBL taps into intangibles that make learning effortless and engaging: Drive, passion, purpose, and peak performance. But peak performance doesn't start with a standardized curriculum.
Building Parent Support for Project-Based Learning
When a teacher, school or district tells parents, "We're going to do project-based learning," the response may vary. You're lucky if some say, "Great news! Students need to be taught differently these days!"
Learning by Doing: A Teacher Transitions Into PBL
I have been a high school English teacher for 15 years. Every year, I try to do something a little different because I like learning from the process. After teaching AP Literature for a while, I became an AP Reader. Then, I presented at a national conference. I feel that I need to grow and develop every year.
Critique Protocol: Helping Students Produce High-Quality Work
Student: Wait, should I clear out this? Jodi: I numbered the lines in your tribute poems. When somebody is giving you feedback, they can name the specific line number. Student: I like stanza one, because it has really strong figurative language. Jessica: Because our students participate in critique protocol, they have the opportunity to really understand what quality looks like, and to define for themselves their expectations for achieving it. Elaine: Starting as early as preschool, the culture of revision and of learning together is better is what sets up students to be very proficient in their ability to receive critical feedback and to give critical feedback.
New Study Shows the Impact of PBL on Student Achievement
Does project-based learning (PBL) raise student achievement? If you’ve been involved in PBL for long, you’ve undoubtedly encountered this question. Over the last few years as education researchers at University of Michigan and Michigan State University, we have worked to address this question through a large study of the effects of PBL on social studies and some aspects of literacy achievement in second-grade classrooms. We call this initiative Project PLACE: A Project Approach to Literacy and Civic Engagement.
Reading is Fundamental (in PBL) - New Tech Network New Tech Network
by Andrew Larson One of the “Need to Knows” we get a lot in Magnify Learning PBL training sessions is, “how does one incorporate reading books into projects?” I went back and forth with this question in previous years of doing Project- Based Learning, but now I know exactly how I feel about it.
5 Emerging Trends in Project-Based Learning
Over the last six weeks I’ve been travelling across the USA looking at new models of learning and school design, with a particular interest in the move towards deeper and more student driven learning, and models which enable the development of a broad range of skills and competencies in addition to the acquisition of academic knowledge. Project- and inquiry-based learning has been the common thread in most of the schools that I’ve visited, and exemplified in a number of different ways. Here are five emerging trends which have pushed my thinking around the design and impact of project-based learning (PBL):
