With employers looking for graduates who can communicate effectively, think critically, and solve problems in collaboration with other team members, more and more schools are looking to project-based learning as a way to better prepare students for these demands. Besides helping students develop the same 21st-century skills that employers covet, project-based learning also helps students retain the information they learn, proponents of the approach say--and it engages students' interest and motivates them to learn.
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are implementing project-based learning effectively in their classrooms.
It is intersting that you say "employers covet" these skills that project based learning develops. I think the critical thinking aspect is something most employers covet. Collaboration means that employees can be more efficient and effective in the work place. If more "think-tanks" work together, they may cut down on time that would normally have been spent by an individual. I think the resources that are available to make a project based learning impactful, are enormous. There are unlimited resources today. My husband often has to used "cloud" type communication in the military. He is a health care administrator and it saves time and money on travel. The product is still as effective as if they had face time.
ReplyDeleteYour EDU271 course was primarily project-based. What did you think of it? What skills did you gain that you will be better able to use when you teach--beyond simply how to use the technology?
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