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Project Based Learning 

Project based learning is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to a complex question, problem, or challenge.

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Essential elements of Project Based Learning include: 

  • Significant content – At its core, the project is focused on teaching students important knowledge and skills, derived from standards and key concepts at the heart of academic study. 
  • 21st century competencies – Students build competencies valuable for today’s world, such as problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration, communication and creativity/innovation, which are explicitly taught and assessed. 
  • In-Depth Inquiry – students are engaged in an extended, rigorous process of asking questions, using resources, and developing answers. 
  • Driving question – Project work is focused by an open-ended question that students understand and find intriguing, which captures their task or frames their exploration. 
  • Need to know – students see the need to gain knowledge, understand concepts, and apply skills in order to answer the Driving Question and create project products. 
  • Voice and choice – Students are allowed to make some choices about the products to be created, how they work, and how they use their time, guided by the teacher. 
  • Critique and revision – The project includes processes for students to give and receive feedback on the quality of their work including a public presentation. 
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About Coast and Vale Learning Trust

The Coast and Vale Learning Trust in Scarborough aims to improve education in the locality through establishing coherent and collaborative practice across schools and other educational institutions in the area.

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