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How PBL is important to the development and understanding of physical activity during physical education

This article from the Journal of STEM Education presents teachers (who don't normally experience what is like to work in fields outside of education) who took part in externships in STEM jobs so they could learn for themselves exactly the types of scenarios their students might encounter. The results drove authenticity in their PBL teaching. I think it's important for teachers to truly understand these demands, and not just read about them. If we provide these contextualized environments for our students because we believe it's best for their learning, why don't we work toward providing those same experiences for ourselves? Bowen, B., & Shume, T. (2018). Educators in Industry: An Exploratory Study to Determine how Teacher Externships Influence K-12 Classroom Practices. Journal of STEM Education, 19(1), 5-10.

PBL for Physical Education

John Larmer Editor in Chief at the Buck Institute for Education At the Buck Institute for Education (BIE), we've been keeping a list of the many types of "_____- based learning" we've run across over the years: Case-based learning Challenge-based learning Community-based learning Design-based learning Game-based learning Inquiry-based learning Land-based learning Passion-based learning Place-based learning Problem-based learning Proficiency-based learning Service-based learning Studio-based learning Team-based learning Work-based learning .

This post on Edutopia does a nice job explaining differences between project and problem based learning.

This post on Edutopia does a nice job explaining differences between project and problem based learning.

Lesson plans that can be multiday projects for students to do grades 9-12. Free resources that are provided by Discovery Education

Key trends, emerging technologies and educational challengies are elements included in this report for all educators.

Annette Diefenthaler from IDEO discusses how we can incorporate design thinking into education. 

Printer friendly version in PDF KEYWORDS: Collaborative Project-based Learning, Problem-based Learning, Facilitation. The aim of this chapter is twofold. Firstly to support academic staff from a variety of subject disciplines in higher education in the clarification between two different learner focused strategies, namely collaborative project-based (CPBL) and problem-based learning (PBL).

This article provides another overview of PBL with some research supporting the use of PBL in schools.

"In this new column, Jane L. David shares with readers what research says about the effectiveness of current education reforms."

My oldest 2 and soon 3 students attend a local magnet school that is part of the New Tech Network. I've been so grateful for PBL education for my students. It's not always perfect, but they've created some amazing projects and they've had a superior education to mine in terms of preparation for later life. When you put on a conference for mental health professions as a sophomore class, or create and entire interactive WWI exhibit for the community that made me cry, or try to convince real lawyers that you have enough evidence for a hearing to prosecute your ficitional suspect, you are doing some hard, fun learning!

Build and optimize apps for use in the classroom.

A comprehensive overview of PBL.

Google for Education: Training Center

I was excited to see that the topic of PBL in nursing education is already being practiced and encouraged!

This article succinctly points out why PBL can be so difficult to initiate into a school system. The author notes that our educational systems reward obedience over innovation. Worth thinking about how that can be changed.

I went to the AECT.org site to see what it had about project-based learning. AECT stands for Association for Educational Communications and Technology. It is a professional organization for people interested in educational technology. I first checked out its "divisions" to see if it had one dedicated to PBL (it does not). I eventually searched the site for the term, which surprisingly only resulted a few hits. One was an interview with Dr. Krista Glazewski, who serves as the editor for Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning (IJPBL). I was curious to see if that journal would include the topic of PROJECT-based learning, and it does. The interview was informative because it talks about the three main areas this journal covers (research, conceptual pieces, and "voices from the field"). Professor Glazewski explains that it is an open access journal, committed to remaining free to contributors and readers. (the first 10 minutes was especially informative)