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Can 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...
Apr 1, 20202 min read
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How to create a "Future-proof" PBL unit
In the last decade, educational institutions are grappling with a big, hairy, existential question. What is the purpose of an education?...
Mar 10, 20205 min read
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Making 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...
Mar 10, 20204 min read
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How to design and plan an interdisciplinary PBL unit
Interdisciplinary learning is a growing trend within secondary schools around Australia. It is increasingly uncommon for a school not to...
Feb 5, 20208 min read
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Making 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...
Feb 4, 20209 min read
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Taking inspiration from computer games to enhance your PBL program
Long considered little more than a distraction from more productive tasks, it would seem strange to turn to computer games for...
Nov 27, 20196 min read
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Fine-tuning PBL for Year 7 students
What 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...
Nov 27, 20196 min read
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Can 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...
Nov 18, 20192 min read
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Can 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...
Nov 18, 20192 min read
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Making Project-Based Learning Work at Chisholm Catholic College
By Paul Shanahan (Head of Science) & Melissa Galea (Assistant Head of Science) Chisholm Catholic College For the Science Learning Area at...
Oct 30, 20198 min read
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Teaching 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 min read
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How to pick a PBL theme that will engage students
Before 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...
Oct 30, 20193 min read
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8 Keys to Making PBL Work
Concordia University Portland is dedicated to envisioning the classrooms of the future, and have a long experimental history with PBL. In...
Jan 22, 20191 min read
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Making PBL Part of a School's DNA
Winton Woods is part of the New Tech Network, which has put PBL at the heart of the school's instructional methodology. In this article...
Jan 22, 20191 min read
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100% of this school's teaching is through PBL.
Manor New Tech High in Texas, USA has experienced such high levels of success, outperforming the Texas benchmarks, that it has moved to...
Jan 22, 20191 min read
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School district adopts PBL to increase college readiness.
Maury County in the US have phased in PBL as a major component of their instruction. Having been overwhelmed by studies showing the...
Jan 22, 20191 min read
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Making PBL Work
Looking for inspiration as to what the outcomes might be if you were to incorporate PBL into your classroom? Check out these 3 great...
Jan 22, 20191 min read
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