Submitted by Christine (not verified) on February 28, 2008 - 21:31.
It often takes our grade level team weeks to plan a PBL unit and we often do not know exactly how we will get to the end, but that's the fun part of the ride. That's where the students tend to take over their learning. To some, it may seem unstructured, but if enough time is put into the planning piece of PBL, it is only unstructured to the person standing on the outside looking in. If that person were to really watch and listen to the students, I think a different view would be taken.
It is the student's journey - I am there to guide and facilitate. I have found that this is so much harder to do than a teacher directed lesson. That's why we are all so exhausted at the end of the school day.
Planning for student success
Submitted by Christine (not verified) on February 28, 2008 - 21:31.
It often takes our grade level team weeks to plan a PBL unit and we often do not know exactly how we will get to the end, but that's the fun part of the ride. That's where the students tend to take over their learning. To some, it may seem unstructured, but if enough time is put into the planning piece of PBL, it is only unstructured to the person standing on the outside looking in. If that person were to really watch and listen to the students, I think a different view would be taken.
It is the student's journey - I am there to guide and facilitate. I have found that this is so much harder to do than a teacher directed lesson. That's why we are all so exhausted at the end of the school day.