Project-based learning is synonymous with student engagement but often educators wonder where to begin, how to ensure rigor, and how to build meaningful projects into the curriculum. Follow us as we tour the beginnings of PBL in a 6th- and 7th-grade classroom in Wisconsin where students are learning how to successfully complete their first projects; visit a 10th-grade mathematics teacher in Napa who's finding the real-world applications for her state standards and applying them to projects; then journey to Boston where students have spent a year studying justice and injustice in their own lives and in the global community, and translating their understanding into dramatic performance. Take a front seat as learning becomes powerfully fun for both teachers and students.
The video and accompanying guide address strategies for:
Ensuring real world application of content
Tapping into student voice
Building rich community connections
Designing rigorous, standards-based projects
Making student and teacher work public
Strategies for shifting power structures through project-based learning
See Project-Based Learning in Action!
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