Chapter 12

Deeper learning is used to describe the academic outcomes of project-based learning. The success of project-based learning will continue. Project-based learning involves the habits of the mind, dispositions, and skills like the collaboration that are all reinforced through project-based learning. Deeper learning will help students be successful later in life. They will form skills like adapt critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, communication, and metacognition-learning. Being exposed to this type of learning can help develop these skills. I wish I was able to do some of these projects while I was in middle/high school. It would’ve made learning more exciting and hands-on making the learning sticky. I think it is critical to creating an authentic audience for the students during these projects. This will create a purpose for the project which will increase student involvement. Project-based learning is leading teachers to move away from traditional teaching methods moving away from teacher directed. This will put the learning and exploration into the hands of the students themselves. Online classes were mentioned in this chapter that would allow students to work together over the internet. I personally think that you would learn more if you worked together physically. Videos, podcast and other media was discussed as a way to give students homework. This would be a very engaging form of homework. Students in this age love to use technology and if their homework involves a video or podcast they would be more likely to complete it. The flipped classroom approach can individualize learning and differentiated instruction. All of these ideas will require lots of planning on the teacher’s part so that the learning is being done outside of the classroom. Motivation and self-direction will be required on the student’s part. Self-monitoring can be hard for some students to do.