PROJECT APPROACH

The Project Approach, a specific kind of project-based learning, brings a number of advantages to any classroom and represents best practices in 21st-century education. It fits securely within both a long history of innovative teaching and learning practices-dating back, at least, to the 16th century-and within the framework of today's growing body of research on what students need to find success and fulfillment in the current (and future) world... Children have a strong disposition to explore and discover. The Project Approach builds on natural curiosity, enabling children to interact, question, connect, problem-solve, communicate, reflect, and more. This kind of authentic learning extends beyond the classroom to each student's home, community, nation, and world. It essentially makes learning the stuff of real life and children active participants in and shapers of their worlds... Projects, like good stories, have a beginning, middle, and end. This temporal structure helps teachers..

Also known as: The Project Approach