why project based learning? sig rogich middle school 2012-2013
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Why Project Based Learning?
Sig Rogich Middle School2012-2013
When society changes – so too must education if it is to remain
viable.
Job Outlook 2002,National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)
Characteristics of PBL
• Organizes standards-based curriculum around a meaningful open-ended problem or project with more than one approach or answer
• Encourages active inquiry and higher-order thinking skills
• Engages students as stakeholders• Creates a learning environment where
teachers coach, guide inquiry, and facilitate deeper levels of understanding
• Concludes with realistic products3
Project Based Learning
• emphasizes learning activities that are:– student-centered
• They become the problem solver, decisions maker, investigator, documentarian
• They take on the role of those working in a particular discipline
– long-term• Projects can be a variety of lengths• What they are not is one-day teacher centered
lessons
– integrated with real world issues and practices and have compelling questions
• Significance beyond the classroom walls
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The Rigor/Relevance Framework
6
AAcquisition
BApplication
CAssimilation
DAdaptation
KNOWLEDGE
TAXONOMY
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5
4
3
2
1
Evaluation
Synthesis
Analysis
Application
Understanding
Awareness
APPLICATION MODEL
1 2 3 4 5Knowledge Apply in
discipline
Apply acrossdisciplines
Apply toreal worldpredictable situations
Apply to real-worldunpredictable situations
International Center for Leadership in Education
Success Beyond the Test
• Core Academics• Stretch learning• Learner Engagement• Personal Skill
Development
Rigor
Relationships
Relevance
Learning Criteria
• Core Academics – Achievement in the core subjects of English language arts, math, science, social studies and others identified by the school or district
• Stretch Learning – Demonstration of rigorous and relevant learning beyond the minimum requirements
Learning Criteria
• Learner Engagement – The extent to which students are motivated and committed to learning; have a sense of belonging and accomplishment; and have relationships with adults, peers and parents that support learning
• Personal Skill Development – Measures of personal, social, service, and leadership skills and demonstrations of positive behaviors and attitudes
21st Century Skills
• Critical Thinking & Problem Solving• Creativity & Innovation• Collaboration, Teamwork &
Leadership• Cross-cultural Understanding• Communication & Media Literacy• Computing and ITC Technology• Career & Learning Self-direction
A Project Learning Classroom is ...
• Project-centered• Open-ended• Real-world• Student-centered• Constructive• Collaborative• Creative
• Communication- focused
• Research-based• Technology-
enhanced• 21st Century
reform-friendly• Hard, but fun!
Today’s Students are Digital Natives
Conventional Twitch SpeedSpeed
Step-by-Step Random AccessLinear Processing Parallel ProcessingText First Graphics FirstWork-Oriented Play-OrientedStand-alone Connected
Students Develop Needed Skills in…
Information Searching & Researching
Critical AnalysisSummarizing and SynthesizingInquiry, Questioning and
Exploratory InvestigationsDesign and Problem-solving
In a project learning classroom…
The teacher’s role is one of coach, facilitator, guide,
advisor, mentor…
not directing and managing all student work.
Project Based Learning—The Titanic
• Research the sinking of the RMS Titanic• Students choose teams• Team Contracts—decide leadership
responsibilities, etc.• Planning documents—Buck Institute• Determine driving question• Research question—sometimes devise
new questions
7th Titanic PBLDriving Questions:
•Was the Titanic disaster caused by human error?•What is the relationship of captaining the Titanic with driving a car in Summerlin?•Was poor design and inferior product to blame for the RMS Titanic’s demise?•Can you blame the captain for the Titanic disaster?•What happens when people are over confident?•What are the similarities and differences between the Titanic and modern day mega ships?
•What if a woman was sailing that ship?—Scientific studies in thinking and accident theory.
Prezi Presentation
• http://prezi.com/ggz3iegxpapz/titanic-pbl/
Students used the online presentation software to explain how history could be recreated to keep the Titanic from sinking.
Glogster.com
• http://titanicpbl.edu.glogster.com/glog-6493/?voucher=ebeb0c0aa90fbdee858c75a77916c99e
References:
• Intel: Innovation in Education• International Center for Leadership in
Education• The Buck Institute for Education--
http://www.bie.org/http://www.bie.org/videos/video/project_based_learning_explained
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