Monday, August 2, 2010

learn, learn and learn

Project-Based Learning Defined as it is a student centered, instructional model. It develops content area knowledge and skills through an extended task that promotes student inquiry and authentic demonstrations of learning in products and performances. Project-based curriculum is driven by important Curriculum-Framing Questions that tie content standards and higher-order thinking to real-word contexts. Project-based units include varied instructional strategies to engage all students regardless of their learning styles. Often students collaborate with outside experts and community members to answer questions and gain deeper meaning of the content. Technology is use to support learning. Throughout project work multiple types of assessment are embedded to ensure that students produce high quality work. Students are the center of learning process. Well designed project-based units engage students in open-ended, authentic tasks. Compelling project tasks empower students to make decisions and apply their interests and passions to culminating products and performances. Students learn through inquiry and have some control over decisions about how they complete project tasks. The teacher takes on the role of a facilitator or coach. Students often work in collaborative groups, assuming roles that make best use of their individual talents. Project also focus on important learning objectives that are aligned with standards. Good projects are developed around core curricular concepts that address national or local standards. The project has clear objectives that align with standards and focus on what students should know as a result of their learning. With a focus on objectives, the teacher defines appropriate demonstrations of learning in an assessment plan and organizes learning activities and instruction. Project work culminates in student products and performance tasks such as persuasive presentations and informational newsletters that demonstrate understanding of content standards and learning objectives.

Project-Based Learning is also a cooperative learning it is an instructional strategy using small group of students work together to achieve optimal learning in positive interaction, individual accountability, group process, social skills, and face to face interaction

In 21st century skills, it can help to develop the students because in this century, the teacher is now giving a project to a students should be challenging to be more effective for them to learn, to know/ to do their responsibilities and enjoy in doing this project.

It takes half of your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project..

Project is very important..





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