Project based learning
- 2. Definition • Project based learning is a creative approach to teaching a variety of methods vital for success in the 21st century. Project-based learning shifts away from the traditional classroom with teacher-centered lessons allowing students to go through an extended process which teaches them to explore real-world problems, challenges and think critically.
- 3. Importance • Active student learning • Builds critical thinking, decision making, problem solving, communication and collaboration skills • gain a deeper appreciation and knowledge of a subject
- 4. Aspects of Project-Based Learning • • • • • • Relevance Research Models Critique & Collaboration Revision & Reflection Voice & Choice
- 6. Project Objective • Students collaborate with local elementary school to draft a playhouse. • Research is done to insure safety of materials • Teach required knowledge to draft/build (trigonometry, AutoCAD, ect.) • Checkpoints and critiques keep students on task. • Each student will submit a final draft of their playhouse. • Every playhouse must be realistic and able to be build, but mostly, it must be safe and up to regulation dictated in public law. • The elementary students decide which one is built for their playground.
- 7. Tools and their Roles in Project based Learning • Second Life • Preliminary drafting • AutoCAD • Professional Drafting • Smart Board • Display work for Critique • Podcasts • Listen to architecture discussion • Tutorials • Learning programs and methods
- 8. Works Cited • Berger, R. (2003). An ethic of excellence: Building a culture of craftsmanship with students (pp. 2-107). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.