Submitted by Susan Haydock, Ph.D. (not verified) on May 29, 2007 - 16:55.
PBL is natural learning. We are solving problems from the moment we are born. Figuring out how to communicate. We continue throughout our young lives learning by problem solving, until we get to school where we are told the solution to all the problems. I prefer giving the students problems based on their lives and tying their learning to it. One kindergarten class tried to figure out how to get more families to use the parks; a high school class tried to figure out how to use less energy in their high school; first graders had to figure out what seeds the principal brought in, she had inadvertently mixed up a whole bunch of seeds. Students volunteered to solve her problem.
Awesome learning!
PBL
Submitted by Susan Haydock, Ph.D. (not verified) on May 29, 2007 - 16:55.
PBL is natural learning. We are solving problems from the moment we are born. Figuring out how to communicate. We continue throughout our young lives learning by problem solving, until we get to school where we are told the solution to all the problems. I prefer giving the students problems based on their lives and tying their learning to it. One kindergarten class tried to figure out how to get more families to use the parks; a high school class tried to figure out how to use less energy in their high school; first graders had to figure out what seeds the principal brought in, she had inadvertently mixed up a whole bunch of seeds. Students volunteered to solve her problem.
Awesome learning!