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Project Based Learning & Inquiry-Based Learning. By: Kristen Parrish & Courtney Bonaiuto. What is project based learning & where does is land on the spectrum?.
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Project Based Learning & Inquiry-Based Learning By: Kristen Parrish & Courtney Bonaiuto
What is project based learning & where does is land on the spectrum? • It is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging and complex question, problem, or challenge. • It is somewhere between Realism and Experimentalism. • It is between the two because these projects are just hands on approaches to learning the material that are apart of the curriculum.
Examples? PBL in classrooms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsyusb5FdUI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNppMPBtAK8
What is Inquiry Based Learning? • Learning guided by student’s curiosity and questions rather than a teacher’s lesson.
Where does this land on the philosophy spectrum? • Experimentalism. • Students are given the opportunity to problem-solve and think critically.
What are the pros and cons? Pros • Flexible • Develops leadership and teamwork. • Encourages creativity. • Can work for any age group. Cons • Can be time consuming. • Students who are absent have a difficult time catching up. • Students may not stay on task or lack-discipline.
Teaching Strategies • Start a lesson off with an essential question to spark student curiosity. • Keep students focused on the overall purpose of the inquiry-based activity. • Demonstrate how to participate. • Use activities that require students to develop unique strategies for solving open-ended questions.
Example of inquiry-based learning in a science classroom. • Would you recommend to friends visiting from out of town that they swim in Rhea Creek? • In a science class, students look at whether their neighborhood creek is clean enough to swim in. All students know the creek as a place for recreation. By connecting students' learning to something they are familiar with, learning becomes relevant.
Project and Inquiry Based Learning. What do they have in common? • Both are about emphasizing the teaching and learning process, not just content and knowledge. • Helps your students become more independent thinkers.
An easy way to remember the difference between the two types of learning. • Inquiry Based Learning is about DISCOVERING an answer. • Project Based Learning is about EXPLORING an answer.
Sources • https://www.prodigygame.com/blog/inquiry-based-learning-definition-benefits-strategies/ • https://www.edutopia.org/practice/inquiry-based-learning-science-classroom • http://youthlearn.org/wp-content/uploads/Inquiry_Based_Learning.pdf