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Youth Engagement Through Schools: Project-based Learning


 
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This page lists web-based resources related to project-based learning and related, underlying theories about constructivism and inquiry-based learning. These approaches to education engage students in meaningful tasks and encourage students to construct meaning from the information and knoweledge that they acquire.

Explanations,   Evidence,   Planning/Best Practices Guides,   Assessment /Evaluation Tools,   Online Training/Training Programs,   Programs/Materials,   Examples

Explanations (Summaries, Articles, Fact Sheets)

Experiential Learning (University of Lethbridge)
What is Project Based Learning? (Buck Institute for Education)
Constructivist Model for Learning (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory)
Project, Problem, and Inquiry-based Learning (Annette Lamb)
Constructivism (Enhance Learning With Techno)
The Inquiry Process (Enhance Learning With Techno)
Collaborative Learning (Enhance Learning With Techno)
Engaged Learning (Enhance Learning With Techno)
Project-Based and Problem-Based: The Same or Different? (The Multimedia Project)
Constructivist (J. Bruner)
The Project Approach. ERIC Digest (ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education)
Learning/Teaching Theories (Brigham Young University)
Teaching for Understanding (Institute for Inquiry)
Learning Styles (Telecommunications for Remote Work and Learning)

Evidence

The Project Approach (AskERIC)
Problem-Based Learning (AskERIC)
Constructivism (AskERIC)
Why do project-based learning? (The Multimedia Project)
Evaluation of Project Based Learning (The Multimedia Project)
Problem-Based Learning (AskERIC)
Constructivist (J. Bruner)
A Case Study of Constructivism in the Classroom (The College of Education)
AERA Presentations (The Multimedia Project)

Planning/Best Practices Guides

Problem-Based Learning (Because We Care Society of Alberta)  (Queen's University)
Teaching Techniques (Concordia University)
Project-Based Learning (The George Lucas Educational Foundation)
The Guide on the Side (IEARN-Canada)
Critical Issue: Building on Prior Knowledge and Meaningful Student Contexts/Cultures (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory)
Project-Based Learning With Multimedia (The Multimedia Project)
Notes on Rubric Development (The Multimedia Project)
Problem Based Learning (Internet Classrooms)
Learning to Learn: Preparing Teachers and Students for Problem_based Learning. ERIC Digest (ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading English and Communication)
Using The Internet to Enrich Science Teaching and Learning. ERIC Digest (ERIC Clearinghouse for Science Mathematics and Environmental Education)
Using the Internet to Promote Inquiry-based Learning (www.biopoint.com)
Project Based Learning: What Is It? (Project Based Learning)

Assessment /Evaluation Tools

Criteria for Authentic Project-Based Learning (RMC Research Corporation)
Assessing Student Multimedia Projects (The Multimedia Project)
Assessing Student Work with Project-Based Learning (The Multimedia Project)
Multimedia Project Scoring Rubric: Scoring Guidelines (The Multimedia Project)
What is inquiry-based learning? (Disney Learning Partnership)

Online Training/Training Programs

Project-based Learning (Quebec English Schools Network)
Project Approach (University of Alberta)
Planning Guide (The Multimedia Project)
Self-Directed Learning (Pathways for Inquiry)
 

Programs/Materials

 

Examples

Health Project-based Learning (Calgary Board of Education)
Project based learning (Coronation School)
Project Based Learning (Ecole Whitehorse Elementary)
Project-based Learning (Instruction Technology)


 

This summary has been prepared with funding provided by the
Population Health Fund, Health Canada

 

 

Key Resources

bullet Project-based Learning (Quebec English Schools Network)
 
bullet Project Approach (University of Alberta)
 
bullet Experiential Learning (University of Lethbridge)
 
bullet What is Project Based Learning? (Buck Institute for Education)
 
bullet Problem-Based Learning (Because We Care Society of Alberta)
 
bullet Constructivist Model for Learning (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory)
 
bullet Health Project-based Learning (Calgary Board of Education)
 
bullet Evaluation of Project Based Learning (The Multimedia Project)
 
bullet The Role of the School Library in Resource-Based Learning (SSTA)


 



      

 


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