Project-Based Learning

Teaching Opinion HQPBL Case Study: Liceo Pablo Neruda
In a number of locations across Chile, several organizations and schools have embraced PBL--and officials in the country's Ministry of Education are gearing up to implement capstone project experiences in the last two years of high school.
Tom Vander Ark, April 11, 2018
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College & Workforce Readiness Opinion Honoring Students' Emotional Response to Complex Global Issues
Advice on dealing with sensitive conversations in the classroom.
Noah Zeichner, April 10, 2018
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Teaching Opinion HQPBL Case Study: Albemarle County Public Schools
The walls are covered with products and classrooms are buzzing with voices and sounds of collaboration. Students are working on integrated projects tied to passions, interests and real-world causes. This is a common scene found in most classrooms in Albemarle County Public Schools, located at the base of Shenandoah National Park in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Tom Vander Ark, April 2, 2018
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Teaching Opinion HQPBL Case Study: The Met School
Projects at The Met are connected to individual student goals, and each project includes specific skills students need to address. How does it work, exactly? Students are grouped in small cohorts (or essentially small communities), each with a bonding name like Unity or Liberty. Cohorts collaborate to tackle problems, support each other, and collaborate on projects.
Tom Vander Ark, March 27, 2018
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Teaching Opinion HQPBL Case Study: School21
Through high quality Project Based Learning, students are developing robust and deep subject knowledge that is both cross-curricular in nature and can easily be applied to real-world problems and challenges.
Tom Vander Ark, March 21, 2018
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College & Workforce Readiness Opinion Global Engagement - Great Communication Begins with Connection
Ways to use online, project based learning to promote global 21st century skills.
Jane Chadsey & Travis Hardy, March 15, 2018
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Teaching Opinion Four Ways a Haitian School is Addressing the UN's Sustainable Development Goals
Haiti is more than a single story. Here's how one school is working toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals and providing lessons for others.
March 13, 2018
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Social Studies Opinion Eleven Resources for Teaching UN Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
How you can teach about UN Sustainable Development Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and Communities.
Craig Perrier, February 28, 2018
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Teaching Opinion Collaboration: Key to Successful Teams and Projects
By Tom Vander Ark and Emily Liebtag. Collaboration is key to successful teams and projects. It is sometimes thought of as a "soft skill" but in high-performance organizations, collaboration is the result of the intentional design of culture, structure, and tools, and the cultivation of individual mindsets and skill sets.
Tom Vander Ark, February 12, 2018
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Teaching Opinion Cultural Connections Through Mandalas
How one middle school social studies project teaches students about similarities and differences in cultures around the world.
Sandra Makielski, January 19, 2018
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Teaching Opinion Why Professional Development Fails
Unless there is consistent support and practice, with feedback and evaluation, too often what is read, experienced, and taught have only a moment's life span.
Jill Berkowicz & Ann Myers, January 14, 2018
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Teaching Profession Opinion Teaching STEM and Programming—No Experience Needed
How Singapore trains math and science educators to teach STEM and coding.
Alexander Kmicikewycz, January 11, 2018
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Teaching Opinion High Quality PBL Framework on the Horizon
By: Bob Lenz. I want to offer a peek into some of the thinking you can expect from the final framework, starting with one of the six criteria: project management.
Tom Vander Ark, January 8, 2018
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Teaching Opinion A Pernicious Myth: Basics Before Deeper Learning
In this post, Jal Mehta argues that there are ways to integrate the basics within arcs of deeper learning.
Jal Mehta, January 4, 2018
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7 min read
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