The document discusses the principles of project based learning through a cycling project done by PE students. It covers key aspects of project based learning like creating powerful driving questions, using models and experts, engaging in genuine research and building literacy. It also discusses the importance of multiple drafts, critique, making work public, and using assessment to improve student learning. The document shares positive feedback from others who observed the students' final exhibition, praising their learning, preparation, and communication skills.
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Aim
• Share with you the principles behind
project based learning
• Share with you examples from our
project of how these principles work in
action
• Allow time for you to get some initial
ideas, thoughts and plans flowing
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Contents:
Project Based Learning Toolbox
1. Powerful projects
2. Models
3. Experts
4. Genuine research
5. Building literacy through the
work
6. Multiple drafts
7. Critique
8. Making work public
9. Using assessment to build
stronger students
10. Project tuning
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Powerful projects: #pbl #SOLO
• Teaching the content in an authentic
context
• Driving question
• Local, community or real life link
• Do the project yourself!!!!
• 10x rule
• Timeline or calendar (critique
checkpoints)
• Strong final outcomes/exhibition
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Process #pbl #SOLO
Dedicate whole lessons to this
• Model a piece of work you are asking students to create
(pull out key vocabulary)
• Create a success criteria with students
• Draft 1
• Formal class critique
• Draft 2 (redraft)
• Student critique….
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Critique Rules: #pbl #SOLO
• Be kind: All feedback is there to help. No personal
comments. No sarcasm.
• Be specific: No comments like ‘It’s good’ or ‘I like it’.
These just waste our time. Ban them. Use vocab pulled
out from model.
• Be helpful: Aim is to help an individual or the whole class
with their learning. Comments should focus on this.
Anything else wastes time.
• Hard on content, soft on people
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“I really enjoyed yesterday evening. A terrific project. It was highly evident how
much the youngsters had achieved and gained from the work. The presentations
showed some very deep learning and understanding. Students were terrific too.
Congratulations on your excellent work. Would be great to share with other depts.”
“What a fantastic Exhibition last evening! I wanted to pass on my thanks to you for a brilliant
display of hard work, knowledge, motivation and excellence that I had the pleasure
of witnessing. The whole evening was a true credit to you and your students. Kirsty thoroughly
enjoyed the visit to the Velodrome especially and even her presentation (after it was
finished!). A wonderful extended period of learning that the students obviously enthused
about.”
“I am just writing to share with you what a fantastic evening Mr Fawcett and his
GCSE PE class put on for us last night. The students were a true credit to
themselves, Mr Fawcett and Brookfield School. It was lovely to see how much they
had enjoyed the whole cycling project and how they had used it formulate some very
mature opinions.”
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“My Apologies for taking so long to write this message but we want to praise the staff
and students for such an excellent presentation evening last Tuesday on cycling.
I hope you will pass on my and Tina's thanks to Mr Fawcett, the PE staff and especially
the students for allowing us to celebrate this evening with them which Mr
Fawcett brilliantly prepared and hosted. The students' really sold the message to the
audience through a number of different communication skills; exciting and informative
presentations through their slides, videos and stand-up presentations, through their
one-to-one workshops hosting mini presentations and answering challenging questions
on technical and role model aspects (amongst other areas), and through their articles
displayed on the evening.
It was evident that the students had thoroughly prepared and worked hard to portray
the message they intended. Their communication skills were excellent and I hope that
they will build upon these such important life-skills going forward. ”
