Project Based Learning (PBL)
a Project based learning is a systematic teaching method that engages students in learning essential
knowledge and life-enhancing skills through an extended, student influenced
inquiry process structured around complex authentic questions and carefully
designed products and tasks.It enables
classrooms to emphasis this undervalued part of the “invisible curriculum” what
author Daniel Goleman
has called “emotional intelligence.PBLis an
instructional approach built upon authentic learning activities that engage
student interest & motivation.
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teaches students 21st
century skills as well as content. This skills includes
* Communication & Presentation Skills,
* Organization & time management skills,
* Research & Inquiry skills,
* Self Assessment & Reflection skills, and
* Group Participation & Leadership skills..
Project Based Learning Strategies
*Step
1—Identify Project-worthy Concepts
Step
2—Explore Their Significance and Relevance
Step
3—Find Real-Life Contexts
Step
4—Engage Critical Thinking
Step
5—Write a Project Sketch
Step
6—Plan the Setup
One
Last Step – Workshop your project idea
Characteristics Of PBL
- Students make decision within a prescribed frame work
- There is a problem or challenge without a predetermined solution
- Students design the process for reaching a solution
- Evaluation takes continuously
- Students are responsible for accessing and managing the information they gather
- students regularly reflect on what they are doing
- A final product is produced and is evaluated for quality
- A classroom has an atmosphere that tolerates error and change