School 21 -- a public, urban school in London, U.K. -- focuses on teaching 21st-century skills to prepare their students for today's world. They achieve this through interweaving three pedagogies into their curriculum: wellbeing, the ability to speak well (or "oracy" as School 21 calls it), and project-based learning. School 21 teaches Reception through Year 11 (approximately preK-11th grade), and will ultimately serve through Year 13.
- In 2016, outperformed other local schools in primary-level reading, writing, and math.
- Earned 2015 Character Award from U.K. Department of Education in recognition of their work to promote student grit and resilience.
- In 2014, rated “Outstanding” in all categories by U.K. Office for Standards in Education.
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I've found this case very interesting. But I miss information on significant Maths learning experiences and how this methodology is used on Maths teaching.
Do you have any more information on that subject?
Thank you,
ismael
Ishmaelk, the school is very intentional about incorporating these strategies across disciplines, including Maths. Here are two examples:
Oracy and Maths -- the school's Year 2 Maths lessons usually follow a six-part structure, starting with a Do Now, followed by new learning, and then a talk task where the students get to practice what they've done in the new learning but in a very practical context. They talk through what they're doing, so it's about developing their vocabulary and their language of explanation.
PBL and Maths -- this connection is easy to see in the video that highlights students learning about sound so that they can then use this learning to create a performance project. If you haven't seen the video, it's this one: https://www.edutopia.org/practice/arts-infused-project-based-learning-cr....
I hope this helps!
Thank you, Samer, for your reply.
I had already seen the video. I've seen history, music and the science involved in sounds and music making. But I asked specifically about Maths teaching (which is missing in the video) because I find it specially difficult to be incorporated into these teaching and learning methods.
I'm very interested in significant learning experiences in Maths but I always miss it whenever anyone explains some successful pbl experience.
Thanks again,
ismael
Ishmael, do you know the Buck Institute for Education? They make it easy to find great PBL resources, including for Maths: http://www.bie.org/project_search/results/search&channel=project_search&....
If you'd like to refine the search by grade level, you can set it here: http://www.bie.org/project_search/results/search&project_search_channel=....
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