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Thinking Through Project-Based Learning: Guiding Deeper Inquiry
Everything you need to know to lead effective and engaging project-based learning! Are you eager to try out project-based learning, but don't know where to start? How do you ensure that classroom projects help students develop critical thinking skills and meet rigorous standards? Find the answers in this step-by-step guide, written by authors who are both experienced teachers and project-based learning experts. Thinking Through Projects shows you how to create a more interactive classroom environment where students engage, learn, and achieve. Teachers will find *A reader-friendly overview of project-based learning that includes current findings on brain development and connections with Common Core standards *Numerous how-to's and sample projects for every K-12 grade level *Strategies for integrating project learning into all main subject areas, across disciplines, and with current technology and social media *Ways to involve the community through student field research, special guests, and ideas for showcasing student work Whether you are new to project-based learning or ready to strengthen your existing classroom projects, you'll find a full suite of strategies and tools in this essential book.
216 pages, Paperback
First published March 8, 2013
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March 27, 2020
I love this book, it's so informative and useful to me.
As an educator, I'm always looking for new and innovative teaching methodology, then I heard about project-based learning. Actually lots of educators talk about it but anything people mentioned is just to give students some projects, and let them do it. At first, I thought it's not novel, we have been doing it for years. Then I want to find out more about PBL through this book.
The book offers numerous insight about PBL and education in general with an expression on the engine of deep learning: inquiry. Without inquiry, there's little encouragement and interest to learn anything. Authors lead readers through education aspects such as thinking routine for teachers, for students, learning environment, before comes to how to design a project for PBL.
After a general project design procedure is illustrated, more examples are presented for 4 disciplines, which are language art, social studies, science, and math. Finally, the most challenging part in PBL is to take the project beyond the classroom, inspire and impact larger communities.
This book is recommended for anyone, who has an "inquiry" about this innovative tool.
As an educator, I'm always looking for new and innovative teaching methodology, then I heard about project-based learning. Actually lots of educators talk about it but anything people mentioned is just to give students some projects, and let them do it. At first, I thought it's not novel, we have been doing it for years. Then I want to find out more about PBL through this book.
The book offers numerous insight about PBL and education in general with an expression on the engine of deep learning: inquiry. Without inquiry, there's little encouragement and interest to learn anything. Authors lead readers through education aspects such as thinking routine for teachers, for students, learning environment, before comes to how to design a project for PBL.
After a general project design procedure is illustrated, more examples are presented for 4 disciplines, which are language art, social studies, science, and math. Finally, the most challenging part in PBL is to take the project beyond the classroom, inspire and impact larger communities.
This book is recommended for anyone, who has an "inquiry" about this innovative tool.
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