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Looking at Projects
You have many options for incorporating aspects of project-based learning in your classroom, ranging from those that address specific subjects in just a few days to those that encompass a whole year’s curriculum. During this activity, you review the characteristics of projects and consider how you might include some elements of project design into your Project Plan.
Step 1: Considering Project Approaches
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The following characteristics help define effective classroom projects:
Project Characteristics Checklist
Click here to open the Project Characteristics Checklist.
While working on projects, learners develop real-world, 21st Century skills—many of the same skills desired by today's employers—such as the ability to:
- Work well with others
- Make thoughtful decisions
- Take initiative
- Solve complex problems
- Self-manage
- Communicate effectively
Not all units of work need to incorporate project approaches to learning, but when appropriate, the integration of a project can greatly enhance learner learning. Some units of work are project-based from start to finish, while other units only incorporate a project as a culminating
experience or in one part of the project. In the next step, you examine different ways
projects are integrated into a project.
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