Category: project based learning
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History, Political Efficacy, and PBL
I’ve always known that one of the primary goals of my teaching is for students to understand the philosophy behind their rights as Americans, analyze how people have interpreted and defended their rights in the past, investigate how they continue to do so in the present, and to reflect upon their roles in…
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Another Thumbs Up for PBL
“Learning by doing”– John Dewey had it right in his Pedagogical Creed written over 100 years ago. I wonder, given the climate of today’s public education system, why aren’t we giving students the opportunity to explore on their own more often and to problem solve on a daily basis? Shouldn’t education emulate life, since we as…