Jun 36 minHow to incorporate explicit teaching into your PBL unitA key pillar of project-based learning is the inquiry process through which students explore a problem and the content which they are req...
Jun 35 minEnhancing the “L” in PBLImplementing Project-Based Learning for the first time can be a daunting and confusing process. It is challenging and often hard to know w...
May 115 minUse Design Thinking to provide the structure for your PBL unitA criticism which is occasionally directed at project-based learning is that it lacks structure. The approach to PBL which suggests provi...
May 115 minHow Melbourne Girls’ College implemented a successful project-based learning programIn Term 4 of 2019, Melbourne Girls’ College introduced a multidisciplinary project-based learning unit for Year 7 students. We have alway...
Apr 154 minHow Ulverstone Secondary College used PBL to increase student engagement and lift student attainmentUlverstone Secondary College is located on the north-west coast of Tasmania, about 90 minutes from Launceston. It was a Year 7-10 school ...
Apr 152 minIntroducing eduSTEM's new PBL platformAs part of our eduSTEM PBL community, we want to support you and your students as best we can while schools are closed or largely student...
Apr 154 minThe COVID guide to PBL: Making PBL work during school closures and lockdownsWith the prospect of schools being closed (or largely de-populated) for some time now, teachers around the world are grappling with how t...
Apr 12 minCan you students save a city from upcoming water shortages?Cities and countries around the world are facing unprecedented water shortages. Climate change and a growing population are both contribu...
Mar 105 minHow to create a "Future-proof" PBL unitIn the last decade, educational institutions are grappling with a big, hairy, existential question. What is the purpose of an education? ...
Mar 104 minMaking PBL Work at Australian Christian College‘How are we preparing our students for a future like this?’ – how a simple question sparked a significant shift in the way Australian Chr...
Feb 58 minHow to design and plan an interdisciplinary PBL unitInterdisciplinary learning is a growing trend within secondary schools around Australia. It is increasingly uncommon for a school not to ...
Feb 49 minMaking PBL work at Loyola College‘Take chances, make mistakes and get messy’ – how the Humanities team at Loyola College shifted their curriculum delivery towards deeper ...
Nov 27, 20196 minTaking inspiration from computer games to enhance your PBL programLong considered little more than a distraction from more productive tasks, it would seem strange to turn to computer games for inspiratio...
Nov 27, 20196 minFine-tuning PBL for Year 7 studentsWhat do you do when you are starting a new school and want to incorporate PBL as one of the key pedagogies? The answer is: treat the exer...
Nov 18, 20192 minCan your students address the urban crisis and make cities more livable in Big Australia?Recent estimates suggest that Australia could hit a population of 30 million by 2029, 40 million by 2050, and as many as 50 million by 20...
Nov 18, 20192 minCan your students help fight ocean plastic waste?Over 8 million tonnes of plastic enter our oceans each year. Shockingly, it is now estimated that by 2050 there will be more plastic in t...
Oct 30, 20198 minMaking Project-Based Learning Work at Chisholm Catholic CollegeBy Paul Shanahan (Head of Science) & Melissa Galea (Assistant Head of Science) Chisholm Catholic College For the Science Learning Area at...
Oct 30, 20193 minTeaching and Assessing General Capabilities Through Project-based Learning (Part 1)The incorporation of General Capabilities into the Australian Curriculum raised a number of issues for schools, most of which are yet to ...
Oct 30, 20193 minHow to pick a PBL theme that will engage studentsBefore we jump into the “How” of picking a theme for PBL, it is important to quickly review the role of the theme in PBL and why it is so...
Jan 22, 20191 min8 Keys to Making PBL WorkConcordia University Portland is dedicated to envisioning the classrooms of the future, and have a long experimental history with PBL. In...
