Project Based Learning

Project-based learning requires that students work cooperatively on a real world issue using questioning and problem solving in order to decide an appropriate plan of action in a presentable way. Creating a website that presents their argument or solutions is a great focus point. Having students become more responsible for their learning while working as a team, deliberating and compromising with contingencies is the skill project-based learning enhances.

Using the tools of the Knowledge Age such as the Internet may be difficult for students to navigate without guidance from the teacher. Students will first be given a project to focus their inquiry learning. They must investigate a problem that warrants explanation and then decide a solution. Students should be free to express their own opinions while being open to others. They have to truly scrutinize, developing a tight grasp on the details surrounding their problem.