l. ullah project based learning linda ullah, m.a., m.ed. [email protected]
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Who are you?
Name/school Subject Area(s) you teach Grade(s) you teach What do you know about? What do you want to know about PBL? Do you currently use PBL in your
classroom?
Life Is Project Based Learning
But where is the disconnect between life and school?
PBL is NOT New
CARL ROGERS
1902 - 1987 JOHN DEWEY 1859-1952
BENJAMIN BLOOM 1913-1999
SOCRATES470-399 B.C.
JEROME BRUNER1915-CURRENT
LEV VYGOTSKY 1896-1934
JEAN PIAGET
1896-1980
SEYMOUR PAPART
Learning: an active process in which students construct new ideas or concepts based on their current knowledge.
PBL
•engages students •provides an environment for the acquisition of skills needed in higher education & workplace. • teaches curricular content •Builds 21st Century Skills
-Drake High School, San Francisco, CA http://drake.marin.k12.ca.us/academics/pbl/pblfs.htm
Seven Elements of Project-Based Learning Standards Based Assessment Student Centered Collaboration Real World Connection Extended Time Frame Multimedia
Challenge 2000 Multimedia Project:
http://pblmm.k12.ca.us
Six As of Project Based Learning
Authenticity Academic Rigor Applied Learning Academic Exploration Adult Connection Assessment
Practices
From Buck Institute Web sitehttp://www.bie.org
Another Way to Look at What is PBL
Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php
Content
Conditions
Activities
Results
Content:
Compelling ideas
Problems presented in their full complexity Students finding interdisciplinary
connections between ideas Students struggling with ambiguity,
complexity, and unpredictability Real-world questions that students care
about
Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php
Conditions:
Support student autonomy
Students community of inquiry Coursework in a social context Students exhibit task- and time-management
behaviors Students direct their own work & learning Students simulate the professional work
Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php
Activities:
Investigative and engaging
Students multi-faceted investigations over long periods of time
Students encountering obstacles, seeking resources, and solving problems
Students making their own connections among ideas and acquiring new skills
Students using authentic tools Students getting feedback from expert sources
and realistic assessment
Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php
Results
Real-world outcomes
Students generating complex intellectual products to demonstrate learning
Students participate in assessment Students held accountable for competence Students exhibiting growth in real-world
competence
Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php
How Do I Begin?
Planning Begin with an “Essential Question”
What is important to your students What is the deep learning--the enduring understanding
What are the necessary skills Standards Prerequisite knowledge (prior knowledge) Prerequisite skills Skills and knowledge to to be embedded into the
project
Engage Students
in problem solving
in higher order thinking skills
in critical thinking
to solve real problems for a real audience
Traditional Instruction Emphasizes
Project Based Learning Emphasizes
Focus of curriculum•Depth of understanding•Comprehension of concepts and principles•Development
Focus of curriculum•Content coverage•Knowledge of facts•Learning "building-block" skills in isolation•of complex problem-solving skills
Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php
Traditional Instruction Emphasizes
Project Based Learning Emphasizes
Scope and sequence•Follows student interest•Large units composed of complex problems or issues•Broad, interdisciplinary focus
Scope and sequence•Follows fixed curriculum•Proceeds block by block, unit by unit•Narrow, discipline-based focus
Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php
Teaching role
•Follows student interest•Large units composed of complex problems or issues•Broad, interdisciplinary focus
Teaching role
•Follows fixed curriculum•Proceeds block by block, unit by unit•Narrow, discipline-based focus
Traditional Instruction Emphasizes
Project Based Learning Emphasizes
Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php
Focus of assessment
•Process and products•Tangible accomplishments•Criterion performances and gains over time•Demonstration of understanding
Focus of assessment
•Products•Test scores•Comparisons with others•Reproduction of information
Traditional Instruction Emphasizes
Project Based Learning Emphasizes
Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php
Materials of instruction
•Direct or original sources: printed materials, interviews, documents, and others•Data and materials developed by students
Traditional Instruction Emphasizes
Project Based Learning Emphasizes
Materials of instruction
•Texts, lectures and presentations•Teacher-developed exercise sheets and activities
Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php
Use of technology
•Central, integral•Directed by students•Useful for enhancing student presentations or amplifying student capabilities
Traditional Instruction Emphasizes
Project Based Learning Emphasizes
Use of technology
•Ancillary, peripheral•Administered by teachers•Useful for enhancing teachers' presentations
Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php
Classroom context
•Students working alone•Students competing with one another•Students receiving information from an instructor
Classroom context
•Students working in groups•Students collaborating with one another•Students constructing, contributing, and synthesizing information
Traditional Instruction Emphasizes
Project Based Learning Emphasizes
Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php
Student role
•Carry out instructions•Memorizer and repeater of facts•Students receive and complete brief tasks•Listen, behave, speak only when spoken to
Student role•Carry out self- directed learning activities•Discoverer, integrator, and presenter of ideas•Students define their own tasks and work independently for large blocks of time•Communicate, show affect, produce, take responsibility
Traditional Instruction Emphasizes
Project Based Learning Emphasizes
Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php
Short-term goals
•Knowledge of facts, terms, content•Mastery of isolated skills
Short-term goals
•Understanding and application of complex ideas and processes•Mastery of integrated skills
Traditional Instruction Emphasizes
Project Based Learning Emphasizes
Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php
Long-range goals
•Breadth of knowledge•Graduates who have the knowledge to perform successfully on standard achievement tests
Long-range goals
•Depth of knowledge•Graduates who have the dispositions and skills to engage in sustained, autonomous, lifelong learning
Traditional Instruction Emphasizes
Project Based Learning Emphasizes
Buck Institute for Education: http://www.bie.org/pbl/pbloverview/definition.php
The Backwards Planning Process
McTighe J, Wiggins G (op cit)
Assessment
McTighe J, Wiggins G (op cit)
Your turn: http://www.lullah.com/pblwebquest/
Short PowerPoint on your essential question at December CalMod meeting
3 minute presentation
Discussion and review