Scott D. Wurdinger

The Power of Project-Based Learning

Helping Students Develop Important Life Skills

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Project-based learning is a teaching approach that motivates and inspires students to learn and helps them to become self-directed learners over time. Students learn not only the content surrounding their projects, but also important life skills such as problem-solving, creativity, collaboration, communication, time management, and responsibility. Author Scott Wurdinger has implemented this approach over the past ten years in his own classrooms, has conducted numerous research studies on this topic, and has seen the effectiveness of project-based learning firsthand. This book provides information on the history, research, and application of the project-based learning approach and should be read by educators who want to change their classrooms into dynamic exciting learning environments. Educators will learn everything they need to know about how to implement this approach in their classrooms, as well as how to help students create meaningful, relevant projects that can help impact and solve school, community, and even global problems. Read this book and bring project-based learning to your classroom!

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 215g
• ISBN-13: 9781475827651
• ISBN-10: 1475827652
• Artikelnr.: 44675848

Autorenporträt

Scott Wurdinger is a professor of experiential education and leadership studies at Minnesota State University in Mankato, and currently serves as the coordinator of the Educational Leadership Doctoral Program. His research interests focus on the use of various approaches to experiential learning and how they develop life skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, and creativity.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One:
Changing Education University Bureaucracy Public School Bureaucracy
Competency Based Education Deeper Learning Chapter Two: Project-Based
Learning and Skill Development Historical Roots of Project-Based Learning
Why Use Project-Based learning Experiential Learning and Project-Based
Learning Collateral Learning Things to Consider When Using Project-Based
Learning Potential Problems with Project-Based Learning Chapter Three:
Skills That Matter What Are Life Skills? How Do Students Learn Life Skills?
Connecting Life Skills to Project-Based Learning Chapter Four: Using Your
Place for Student Projects Local Projects Projects Outside the Local
Community Chapter Five: Tracking and Assessing the Project Process Tracking
the Project Process Project Proposal Form Project Progress Form Project
Completion Form Student Assessments Personal Reflection Form Student
Presentations Chapter Six: Schools Using Project-Based Learning Colleges
Using Project-Based Learning High Schools Using Project-Based Learning
Conclusion Leadership Classroom Culture Creating Projects Skills Proof
Projects and Place Tracking and Assessing Increasing Numbers References