Elements of Project Based Learning

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Elements of Project Based Learning
By SAHAR FAROUK iEARN Egypt
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• Teach Me I Forget !
• Show Me I Remember !
• Involve Me I Learn !

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What is PBL?

• Project-based learning is an effective approach
  to learning and instruction in adult basic
  education.

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Elements of Project Based Learning

• Timing
• Collaboration
• Student Directed investigation
• Multidiscipline.

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• Real life problems
• Systemic Assessment
• Products

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• Although PBL has an extended time frame, It gives
  students practice in using the skills needed for
  their adult lives and careers (how to allocate
  time/resources individual responsibility,
  interpersonal skills, learning through
  experience, etc.)

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• It provides opportunities for students to learn
  and practice interpersonal skills as they work in
  cooperative teams, in groups and/or work with
  other classes via the internet and, whenever
  possible, with adults in workplaces or the
  community

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• It involves one or more of the following
  researching background info, observing,
  collecting data, conducting interviews, sharing
  and analyzing data.

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• Learning should be integrated from a wide range
  of disciplines or subjects.
• Many of the strongest projects are ones which
  involve more than one discipline, that call for
  students to reach beyond the current curriculum
  and bring in other areas of learning.

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• Engages students in complex, real-world issues
  and problems where possible, the students select
  and define issues or problems that are meaningful
  to them.

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• The purposes of assessment are two
• 1) Improve the end product.
• 2) Evaluate the final product.

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• assessment has to be ongoing throughout the
  process. It is most valuable when students can
  get a clear picture of their work and how it
  compares to the standards that have been set for
  the project.

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• Ends with a product such as
• Physical model
• Multimedia presentation
• Website
• Video/radio program
• Book, brochure, newspaper article, poster
• Poem, song, puzzle, art project
• that demonstrates learning and is assessed the
  criteria could be decided upon by the students.

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Where to Get More Information

• www.edutopia.org
• www.graduationprojecthelp.org
• www.bobpearlman.org
• www.literacy.org
• http//pblmm.k12.ca.us