Based in the article "Maximizing the Benefits of Project Work in Foreign Language Classrooms" and "Seven Essentials for Project-Based Learning".
built upon learning activities and real tasks that have brought challenges for students to solve. These activities generally reflect the types of learning and work people do in the everyday world outside the classroom. Those activities are generally done by a groups of students working in a common goal. The project based learning teaches students not just content, but also important skills in ways students have to be able to function like adults in our society. These skills include communication and presentation skills, organization and time management skills, research and inquiry skills, self assessment and reflection skills, group participation and leadership skills, and critical thinking.
Furthemore, the project based learning (PBL) allows students to reflect upon their own ideas and opinions, and make decisions that affect project outcomes and the learning process in general.
This instructional approach can be more effective than traditional instruction and increase
academic achievement, also, Can give students an opportunity
to work with professional
experts who enrich and support
the teachers knowledge
and how it connects to the
real world. Some teachers use PBL extensively as their primary curriculum and instructional method furthemore, PBL can be effective at all grade levels and subjects, as well as at afterschool and alternative programs. For those reasons many teacher nowadays are using this method for work with students because sometimes the tradictional method makes that students get bored easily, the purpose of this method is that the students can create tangible results
to represent what they have learned. Also the use the technology is important in this process because students use technology and inquiry to respond to a complex issue, problem or challenge. PBL focuses on studentcentered inquiry and group learning with
the teacher acting as a facilitator, as opposed to the one in charge.
Moreover, the use of this method help students to continue develop their skills and make students communication which is really important because the communication between students is primordially because help them to realized the important to communicate and work with other people. In my personal oppinion I agree with this method because can guaranteed that students will be more interest in claas and work with their classmate.
I like what you have written, Isabel. PBL is not about to teach content, but it does about to teacher further than that and that is what I liked the most. Sometimes, our classes are just focused on the content and we do not take a look at the other areas that are so fundamental for student's learning. When I read this article, I started thinking that I will try to include a bit of salt to my classes in order to make them efficient on my students.
ResponderEliminar