Course-Activity-Worksheet TTL2-W3
Course-Activity-Worksheet TTL2-W3
Course-Activity-Worksheet TTL2-W3
Introduction
Learning Content
Problem-based learning originated in the 1960s and is a teaching pedagogy that is student-
centred. Students learn about a topic through the solving of problems and generally work in groups to
solve the problem where, often, there is no one correct answer. In short, ‘it empowers learners to
conduct research, integrate theory and practice, and apply knowledge and skills to develop a viable
solution to a defined problem,’ (Savery, 2006).
Project-based learning has its origins back in the work of John Dewey and William Kilpatrick
and dates back to 1918 when the term was first used (Edutopia, 2014). Project-based learning is an
instructional approach where students learn by investigating a complex question, problem or challenge.
It promotes active learning, engages students, and allows for higher order thinking (Savery, 2006).
Students explore real-world problems and find answers through the completion of a project. Students
also have some control over the project they will be working on, how the project will finish, as well as
the end product.
The differences
The difference between problem-based learning and project-based learning is that students
who complete problem-based learning often share the outcomes and jointly set the learning goals and
outcomes with the teacher. On the other hand, project-based learning is an approach where the goals
are set. It is also quite structured in the way that the teaching occurs.
In conclusion, it is probably the importance of conducting active learning with students that is
worthy and not the actual name of the task. Both problem-based and project-based learning have their
place in today’s classroom and can promote 21st Century learning.
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/pbl-vs-pbl-vs-xbl-john-larmer
Activity 1
The Four C’s: Making 21st Education Happen
https://youtu.be/ghx0vd1oEzM
Answer the following questions.
1. What are the four C’s of 21st Century skills?
2. Why are 21st century skills important?
21st century skills are important to provide a successful learning in the classroom and to ensure
2 students complexity and flexibility as a person. They will also discover their abilities to work and
communicate across diverse nations. We need to cultivate student’s full potential especially with
the future career that they want someday. All of this skills will become their shield against
pressure and at the same time will become the motivation that they need as future professionals.
Activity 2
Writestatements that are based on facts and/or fake, about 21 st Century Skills.
FACTS FAKE
Digitally native
Allow us to connect
Activity 3
Design a Lesson Plan on 21st Century Learning Skills. You may open this link as your guide. You may use any
elementary grades on a particular subject. (Use another sheet of paper)
G6_Q4_W4_LC1_Dai
ly-Lesson-Plan.docx
Activity 4
PROJECT-BASED LEARNING
When the focus is on the project or “doing a PBL” rather than what students are learning, we are focused on
the wrong aspect of project-based learning. More so, if you do a project and as soon as it is done go back to
the worksheets or the textbook, we signal that the project was the goal, not necessarily the learning.
Given the illustration below,how can one achieve an authentic learning goals and meaningful
project-based learning?
Students will learn in a collaborative projects by being a critically thinkers. Collaboration enables individuals to
work together to achieve a define common purpose. The above illustration tries to show us the skills that we can
get out from a collaborative works. When individuals work together openly processes and goals become more
aligned. This kind of collaborative skills will try to help us in our future jobs. The most important benefit
of authentic learning is that it prepares students for the real world more effectively than traditional classroom-
based learning. With authentic learning, student activities match the real-world tasks of professionals in practice as
closely as possible. If we will look into its deeper sense, project based learning will only be achieved if one would
have the qualities of the above mentioned characteristics in order to achieved a meaningful project-based
learning.
Activity 5
Write to your Professor. Ask yourself to identify problems in your community. Or it may be the kind
of modality we used to during this pandemic (blended learning, modular, etc.).Research to come up with
information about this problem and come up with an “action plan.” Write to your professorwith yourfacts
and make an action plan.
Learning Assessment
Choose the word written in the box as described in each item below.
Creativity __________ 1. Mental process involving the generation of new ideas or concepts,
or new association between existing ideas or concepts.
Collaboration________2. Process where two or more people work together toward a common goal
Cooperation 3. Process of working or acting together
Communication 4. Process that allows people to exchange information by several methods
Organization ________ 5. Social entity that is goal directed and deliberately structured
Reference/s
https://katielmartin.com/2018/07/14/project-based-learning-are-you-focused-on-the-project-or-the-learning/
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/pbl-vs-pbl-vs-xbl-john-larmer
https://youtu.be/ghx0vd1oEzM
Assignment:
How to write a problem-based/project-based learning plan?
Twenty-first century skills necessitate the implementation of instruction that allows students to apply
course content, take ownership of their learning, use technology meaningfully, and collaborate. Problem-
Based Learning (PBL) is one pedagogical approach that might fit in your teaching toolbox.
PBL is a student-centered, inquiry-based instructional model in which learners engage with an authentic,
ill-structured problem that requires further research (Jonassen & Hung, 2008). Students identify gaps in
their knowledge, conduct research, and apply their learning to develop solutions and present their
findings (Barrows, 1996). Through collaboration and inquiry, students can cultivate problem solving
(Norman & Schmidt, 1992), metacognitive skills (Gijbels et al., 2005), engagement in learning (Dochy et
al., 2003), and intrinsic motivation. Despite PBL’s potential benefits, many instructors lack the
confidence or knowledge to utilize it (Ertmer & Simons, 2006; Onyon, 2005). By breaking down the PBL
cycle into six steps, you can begin to design, implement, and assess PBL in your own courses.
PBL fits best with process-oriented course outcomes such as collaboration, research, and problem
solving. It can help students acquire content or conceptual knowledge, or develop disciplinary habits such
as writing or communication. After determining whether your course has learning outcomes that fit with
PBL, you will develop formative and summative assessments to measure student learning. Group
contracts, self/peer-evaluation forms, learning reflections, writing samples, and rubrics are potential PBL
assessments.
Next you design the PBL scenario with an embedded problem that will emerge through student
brainstorming. Think of a real, complex issue related to your course content. It’s seldom difficult to
identify lots of problems in our fields; the key is writing a scenario for our students that will elicit the
types of thinking, discussion, research, and learning that need to take place to meet the learning
outcomes. Scenarios should be motivating, interesting, and generate good discussion. Check out the
websites below for examples of PBL problems and scenarios.
If PBL is new to your students, you can practice with an “easy problem,” such as a scenario about long
lines in the dining hall. After grouping students and allowing time to engage in an abbreviated version of
PBL, introduce the assignment expectations, rubrics, and timelines. Then let groups read through the
scenario(s). You might develop a single scenario and let each group tackle it in their own way, or you
could design multiple scenarios addressing a unique problem for each group to discuss and research.
PBL research begins with small-group brainstorming sessions where students define the problem and
determine what they know about the problem (background knowledge), what they need to learn more
about (topics to research), and where they need to look to find data (databases, interviews, etc.). Groups
should write the problem as a statement or research question. They will likely need assistance. Think
about your own research: without good research questions, the process can be unguided or far too
specific. Students should decide upon group roles and assign responsibility for researching topics
necessary for them to fully understand their problems. Students then develop an initial hypothesis to
“test” as they research a solution. Remember: research questions and hypotheses can change after
students find information disconfirming their initial beliefs.
After researching, the students create products and presentations that synthesize their research, solutions,
and learning. The format of the summative assessment is completely up to you. We treat this step like a
research fair. Students find resources to develop background knowledge that informs their understanding,
and then they collaboratively present their findings, including one or more viable solutions, as research
posters to the class.
STEP SIX: ASSESSMENT
During the PBL assessment step, evaluate the groups’ products and performances. Use rubrics to
determine whether students have clearly communicated the problem, background, research methods,
solutions (feasible and research-based), and resources, and to decide whether all group members
participated meaningfully. You should consider having your students fill out reflections about their
learning (including what they’ve learned about the content and the research process) every day, and at the
conclusion of the process.
Although we presented PBL as steps, it really functions cyclically. For example, you might teach an
economics course and develop a scenario about crowded campus sidewalks. After the groups have read
the scenario, they develop initial hypotheses about why the sidewalks are crowded and how to solve the
problem. If one group believes they are crowded because they are too narrow and the solution is
widening the sidewalks, their subsequent research on the economic and environmental impacts might
inform them that sidewalk widening isn’t feasible. They should jump back to step four, discuss another
hypothesis, and begin a different research path.