5. PBL
• makes school more engaging for students.
• improves learning.
• builds success skills for college, career, and life.
• provides opportunities for students to use technology.
• makes teaching more enjoyable and rewarding.
• connects students and schools with communities and
the real world.
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7. A PROJECT IS NOT
Teach and then do something.
Ask students to do a product at
the end of the unit
Work in the classroom
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8. IF LEARNERS
LEARN BY DOING,
WE MUST DESIGN
TASKS, NOT
ISOLATED
ACTIVITIES
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9. We learn by doing and
we learn
… from real situations
… and we design a
final product in group
... that we share
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10. THERE ARE
Pedagogical principles that back up
Project Based Learning
Different tools that ensure the principles, even if
project based learning is flexible
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11. PRINCIPLES
Challenging problem / product from the real
world
Collaborative groups
Sustained inquiry
Teachers = guide, input & feedback.
Autonomy determined by maturity
Revision and reflection
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22. Real learning occurs through the
project
Script writing
Verbal tense
revision
Adjectives with
–ed or -ing
Pronunciation
Question
formation
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23. Content but also 21st century skills
Communication
Collaboration
Creativity
Critical Thinking
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