Project-Based Learning

Teaching Opinion Schools Already Have Good Learning, Just Not Where You Think
Theater provides a model for engaged, authentic learning, but few of the supports for this kind of learning are available in regular school, writes Jal Mehta.
Jal Mehta, February 8, 2017
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10 min read
Teaching Opinion Defining 21st-Century Learning
A 21st century shift is the manner in which teaching and learning takes place, the emphasis on science, technology, engineering, and math, and the relationship subjects have with each other.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, January 24, 2017
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7 min read
Curriculum Opinion Art and Science: Working Together for Student Success
Together, art and science in education have the power to spark innovation in students.
January 23, 2017
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8 min read
Personalized Learning Opinion When Projects Are Personalized, Learning Is Social
Well-designed project-based learning engages students with peers and with their community, which helps them build their knowledge and skills and enables them to solve problems that are personally meaningful.
Contributing Blogger, January 4, 2017
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5 min read
Student Well-Being & Movement Opinion The Transformative Power of Intergenerational Activism
How working with youth can be inspiring and educational for adults.
Lyn Mikel Brown, January 3, 2017
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5 min read
Teaching Opinion Why Do Leaders Avoid Developing STEM Teachers?
School leaders have the obligation to focus professional development to support the ideas and concepts essential in these subjects and their relationships to each other.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, January 3, 2017
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4 min read
Assessment Opinion 2 Actions That Help 21st-Century Leaders Build Success
Professional development? Only few can boast they have found the 'secret sauce' and improved teaching and learning and achievement. But many are on their way.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, December 27, 2016
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5 min read
Teaching Opinion Two EdLeaders on Global, High-Quality PBL
Rody Boonchouy and Brandon Wiley from the Buck Institute for Education discuss the importance of global, high-quality PBL in the future of education in this podcast.
Tom Vander Ark, December 21, 2016
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1 min read
Teaching Opinion How Do School and Community Leaders Support Deeper Learning?
Young people will be expected to work in the future with a high level of self-direction and initiative, requiring teachers and community leaders to provide them with deeper learning experiences today.
Tom Vander Ark, December 14, 2016
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4 min read
Teaching Opinion Inquiry-Based Instruction and PISA
The 2015 PISA results show that students in teacher-directed classrooms outperform those in classrooms using inquiry-based instruction. But that might not tell the whole story.
Robert Rothman, December 8, 2016
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4 min read
Teaching Opinion 10 Roles of Effective PBL Leaders
In our Project-Based World campaign, we ask: What skills, dispositions and mindsets do leaders need to be effective in a project-based world? Here are 10 roles we've found that make effective PBL leaders.
Tom Vander Ark, December 7, 2016
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7 min read
Teaching Profession Opinion Oral Competency for World Language Fluency
Get students to use the language rather than focusing on memorization of grammar in the classroom.
Juana Arias-Dominguez, December 5, 2016
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4 min read
Teaching Opinion Agents of Change: Empowering Students to Take Action (Video)
Note: This page previously hosted content from the Teaching Channel.
Teaching Channel, November 30, 2016
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1 min read
Professional Development Opinion Can Project-Based Learning and Professional Learning Communities Counter Hate Speech?
Schools are seeing eruptions of the mimicking behavior seen on the campaign trail. Name calling and other painful and more aggressive actions follow.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, November 29, 2016
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5 min read
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