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What is PBL?

Project Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching method in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world and personally meaningful projects.

In Project Based Learning, teachers make learning come alive for students.

Students work on a project over an extended period of time – from a week up to a semester – that engages them in solving a real-world problem or answering a complex question. They demonstrate their knowledge and skills by creating a public product or presentation for a real audience.

As a result, students develop deep content knowledge as well as critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication skills. Project Based Learning unleashes a contagious, creative energy among students and teachers.

OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

-The pedagogy of  Project-Based Learning

– Learning the key steps for implementing PBL

– Preparing a PBL activity for your classroom

– Enhancing language and communication skills

– Fostering international cooperation and intercultural awareness

– Adopting an interdisciplinary approach in PBL

– Understanding the roles of teachers and students in PBL

– Managing external factors in PBL

– Integrating new technologies into PBL

– Learning about ICT tools and resources

– Creating real-life problem cases/case studies

– Understanding assessment in PBL

– Learning evaluation techniques in PBL

– Exchanging experiences and cross-cultural practices- Sharing ideas among colleagues

DAILY SCHEDULE OF  PBL FOR SUSTANABLE LIFE

Day 1: Introduction to Project-Based Learning

1. Welcome & Icebreaker
2. Keynote Presentation
   • What is PBL?
   • Benefits for students, teachers, and the planet.
3. Case Studies
   • Analysing  real-world PBL
4. Workshop: PBL Core Components
5. Reflection & Q&A
   • Journal Prompt

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Day 2: Designing a PBL Framework

1. Recap & Warm-Up
2. PBL Planning Framework
   • Steps to designing a sustainability-focused PBL project.
   • Creating driving questions
3. Collaborative Planning Activity
4. Assessment Strategies in PBL
5. Exit Ticket

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Day 3: Implementing PBL in the Classroom

1. Morning Energizer
2. Managing the PBL Classroom
3. Role Play: Teacher as a Facilitator
4. Technology Integration in PBL
5. Troubleshooting Challenges

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Day 4: Collaboration & Reflection

1. Warm-Up Activity
2. Peer Review of PBL Plans
3. Enhancing Collaboration in PBL
4. Refining Plans
   • UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Day 5: Presenting & Launching PBL

1. Recap & Reflection
   • Individual reflection: “How can your teaching contribute to a more sustainable future?”
2. Showcase PBL Projects
3. Launching PBL in Your Classroom
4. Certificate Ceremony & Celebration

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Thanks to this course the participants will:

-Understand what PBL really is and how it can be useful for any educator;

-Incorporate curriculum topics from any discipline into PBL;

-Learn how to use project-planning tools and online databases to design learning activities;

-Gain insight into a variety of activities that you can use in PBL (and beyond);

-Learn how to engage students and motivate them to establish effective collaboration and develop problem solving skills as well as their self-esteem;

-Learn how to lead and deliver experiential workshops, simulation activities and interactive projects to foster students entrepreneurial mindsets and leadership characters;

-Get to know case studies that could be used and integrated in a real course;

-Confidently implement PBL in their classes and/or school communities;

-Exchange good practices and discuss challenges with fellow colleagues and the course trainers.