Submitted by Suzie Boss (not verified) on December 3, 2007 - 10:55.
Effective PBL requires considerable teacher planning, especially on the front end--before students ever engage. That's when the teacher (or better yet, teaching team) maps out the learning journey ahead. You may not know exactly how students will get there (that's the "unstructured" part your colleague describes). But you know where you want your students to wind up, and why it's a trip worth taking.
Planning for Student Success
Submitted by Suzie Boss (not verified) on December 3, 2007 - 10:55.
Effective PBL requires considerable teacher planning, especially on the front end--before students ever engage. That's when the teacher (or better yet, teaching team) maps out the learning journey ahead. You may not know exactly how students will get there (that's the "unstructured" part your colleague describes). But you know where you want your students to wind up, and why it's a trip worth taking.