CREATING ORDER OUT OF CHAOS: Teaching Life Skills Through Project Work

1. CREATING ORDER OUT OF CHAOS:Teaching Life Skills Through Project Work with examples from a unit on African American Heroes

7. What life skills help us make order out of chaos? Observation Making connections to prior experience Self-direction Decision making, planning, and evaluation Logical thinking Creative thinking Risk-taking Flexibility Empathy Ethics Perseverance�don�t give up

9. What do we know about gifted learners? Question and wonder Solve problems Autonomy Choice Hands-on Doing Pursue interests Work with learners similar to themselves Work alone Need intellectual challenges and social emotional support

11. Project-based Curriculum a unit of study centered on a student project that features opportunities for students to

12. Pursue interests Learn (and teach) rigorous content Develop research skills Make choices Learn self-management skills of setting criteria, making decisions, planning, and self-evaluation Do hands-on creative work Develop perseverance and willingness to work hard Solve problems Utilize a broad range of intellectual skills Develop qualities of character through individual or collaborative work

13. LIFE SKILLS

14. How do we explicitly teach life skills through project work? By including a broad range of intellectual skills By including qualities of character (social emotional skills)

19. A Synthesis John Dewey J.P. Guilford

20. Dewey Guilford

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25. TIEL Curriculum Design Wheel Teaching for Intellectual and Emotional Learning

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