Effective Teaching

Episode 19 – Thom Markham the Godfather of PBL reveals the next steps in PBL


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What is next in Project-Based Learning - listen to what Thom has to say above.
Dan talks with the godfather of PBL - Thom Markham who reveals where project-based learning should be headed and remarkably it is also where it has come from. This is a great listen if you are keen to discover more about PBL and what it can do for your students.

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7 Steps for Qulity PBL

Finding an authentic challenge a good problem to be solved
Driving question
Decide what they do at the end 
Assess the project - determine whether it is good

High-quality performance rubrics (know and do)
Deep   explicit rubrics exactly what students need to do


Teaching and learning activities - set the project and get ideas from the students
Turn students lose on the doing - Team learning (teamwork, accountability, responsibility, doing work, drafts and revision, design thinking)
Showcase or present (Mastery Level) - a higher level of problem-solving and mastery of the discipline

The next step for PBL helps to create lifelong learners
A focus on human development “strengths-focused or strengths-based approach”

Individual growth, 
Developing wellbeing
Problem-solving and problem finding
Self-directed throughout 

How do you do this?

Know your students
A kind and caring classroom
Student-teacher partnership for best performance
Students set goals and objectives, how they want to grow and where they want to get to and reflect upon it
Rubrics that include curiosity, work ethic and
NEW curriculum with wellbeing integrated throughout 

A Head Heart and Hands Approach
Where to start






Distinguish between general projects and PBL
PBL incorporates projects BUT it uses a strong methodology to encourage better outcomes

Rubric
Problem questions
Authenticity


Plung in - design a PBL unit as best you can and learn as you go.

Get feedback from students etc


Requires a mind shift.
Think "What do students need to appreciate about the topic?" - go for wonder and interest

Ask students, what are they interested in.


The teacher is the Co-Learner


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