Project-Based Learning (PBL)

Project-Based Learning (PBL)

1. It is an instructional approach designed to give students the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills through engaging projects set around challenges and problems they may face in the real world.

   • Characteristics
     • Focuses the student on a big open-ended question, challenge, or problem to research and respond to and/or solve.
     • Brings what students should academically know, understand, and be able to do into the equation.
     • Is inquiry-based
     • Uses 21st-century skills such as critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity, among others.
     • Builds student choice into the process.
     • Provides opportunities for feedback and revision of the plan and the project.
     • Requires students to present their problems, research process, methods, and results.
   • Key elements include
     • A Challenging Problem or Question
     • Sustained Inquiry
     • Authenticity
     • Student Voice and Choice
     • Reflection
     • Critique and Revision
     • Public Product