One thing that occurs as a result of project based learning is that the classroom changes as a whole. Teachers begin to look at what is actually happening inside the classroom among the students instead of just feeding the curriculum to the students. Students also begin to grow up a little more by understanding project management, big picture thinking, meeting deadlines and the importance of being professional.
Some ways to “bring your project home” is create a project library where you can access other projects, turn your projects into online archives where other teachers can see what kinds of projects you did within your classroom, enter a contest to get exposure for your project as well as constructive criticism from outside colleagues.
I am going to use these concepts in my project by making sure the students actually receive from benefits of it. I am going to make sure the students have a good results coming out of it. I also will allow other colleagues to look at my project and receive criticism and allow them to use it as well.
I agree with you that project based learning allows the teacher to not feed the curriculum to the students. Instead, as you said, it allows teachers to look at what is taking place in the classroom. I think that students learn by doing, which is what is so great about project based learning. The teacher learns alongside the students and does not stand in front of the class lecturing for long periods of time.
ReplyDeleteI too agree that project based learning is a way for a change in the way students are presented with information instead lectures or worksheets or when teachers are the ones doing most of the talking.
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