Project-Based Learning(PBL)

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.

Importance• Active student learning• Builds critical thinking, decision making, problem solving,

communication and collaboration skills • gain a deeper appreciation and knowledge of a subject

Aspects of Project-Based Learning• Relevance• Research• Models• Critique & Collaboration• Revision & Reflection• Voice & Choice

Architecture UnitAn Example

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.

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

Works Cited• Project-Based Learning (n.d.). In Edutopia. Retrieved

November 30, 2013, from http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning

• Project Based Learning for the 21st Century (n.d.). In BIE. Retrieved November 30, 2013, from http://www.bie.org/about/what_is_pbl