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Project-based learning as a student-oriented, cooperative instructional approach originating from Dewey

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Description

The article frames project-based learning as an instructional approach originating from Dewey (1938) in which "students work in small groups on academic tasks" integrating multiple disciplines, producing a collective outcome over an extended time period. Projects require "a driving question or problem that directs the activities that lead to a final product" and deal with real-life problems. The article distinguishes PBL from traditional approaches as student-oriented: students define problems, collect and evaluate information, and create a product, developing autonomy and learning strategies. It uses this framework to design the magazine and wall newspaper projects.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Projects need an extended time period ranging from a few lessons to a whole year
  • students must work in teams of two or more members
  • projects require a driving question or problem and a final product

Constraints

  • The article notes communicative activities can create anxiety, which socio-affective strategies within team projects are meant to address

Target Learners

  • intermediate EFL learners in language institutes

Learning Goals

  • reading comprehension
  • language learning strategies
  • autonomy and confidence in language learning

Claims

  • Cooperative Learning
  • Problem Based Learning

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Mona Poorverdi Shiraz and Ebrahim Ezati Larsari. (2014). The Effect of Project-Based Activities on Intermediate EFL Students' Reading Comprehension Ability. The Journal of Effective Teaching, Vol. 14, No.3, 38-54. https://uncw.edu/cte/et/
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title Project-based learning as a student-oriented, cooperative instructional approach originating from Dewey
description The article frames project-based learning as an instructional approach originating from Dewey (1938) in which "students work in small groups on academic tasks" integrating multiple disciplines, producing a collective...
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