Using Project-Based Learning to Integrate, Differentiate, and Personalize Learning

Using Project-Based Learning to Integrate, Differentiate, and Personalize Learning

Evans, Sarah, J (Palm Beach Day Academy)

2018-05-17 - 2018-05-17

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2025-12-17

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Using Project-Based Learning to Integrate, Differentiate, and Personalize Learning Sarah Evans Palm Beach Day Academy How can project-based learning be used to integrate subjects, differentiate instruction, and personalize learning while meeting and exceeding standards? Conceptual Framework: Introduction- share current research that supports Teaching for Understanding, Thinking Maps, Thinking Routines, and The Asia Society’s Global Competencies Examine the Order in the Court project-based learning experience and how it can be used as a model for practicing global competence, 21st century skills, creating integrated project-based learning experiences, and preparing students to be creative and innovative citizens who can solve current and future global issues Share examples of additional project-based learning experience Participants will use the Generate, Sort, Connect Thinking Routine to explore ways they can integrate their curriculum to create engaging project-based learning experiences aimed at solving global issues Participants will share and revise ideas 6. Closing- Reflection In this interactive workshop, I will share the process through which I have effectively used Teaching for Understanding with a focus on the global competencies to create high-interest project–based learning experiences that engage students in solving global issues. This presentation will emphasize the importance of building emotional connections for students and demonstrate how to create such associations. Participants will also learn how to think about their curriculum differently and consider ways to skillfully integrate disciplines while following their students’ lead. One example that will be shared and examined in detail is the project-based learning experience, Order in the Court, which has been included in the Visible Thinking South Florida book, Authentic and Meaningful Teaching and Learning: Voices from the Field. This unit was also featured in Teachers Matter Magazine and is in its seventh year of success in our third grade classes at Palm Beach Day Academy. Order in the Court is a project-based learning experience, through which students identify community problems and develop problem-solving skills as they debate perspectives of civic and ecological issues. Through this experience, students engage in a series of hands on projects through which they apply their understanding of research to create new animal species, a realistic model of habitats, a wildlife refuge, a city, design an eco-friendly building, and use research to collaboratively write a researched-based scripted court case to defend their perspectives. Students then assume the roles of lawyers and expert witnesses from appropriate fields as they use their script to present their case before a real judge in a local courtroom. This project provokes students to explore the interdependence of plants and animals as they investigate ethical dilemmas such as whether or not to develop on an inhabited wildlife area and the impact human behavior has on the changing climate. While learning to empathize and take perspectives, students enhance their ability to reason with evidence. This project is one example of a unique and engaging way educators can create awareness of global issues and involve students in creative and innovative ways to solve current and future ecological dilemmas.

ICOT 18 - International Conference on Thinking - Cultivating Mindsets for Global Citizens
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