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PROJECT BASED LEARNING
Project-Based Learning is taking hold at independent schools across the K-12 spectrum and comes in various forms: constructivist, maker-oriented, STEM-focused, entrepreneurship-driven, competency-assessed, standards-driven, modeling-based, experiential, leadership-focused, online and global to mention a few.
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In some contexts the projects offer discrete unit-based opportunities to enable greater student participation and collaboration around a content or thematic approach. In others, the project itself is the course and lasts over the course of a semseter, usually in high school grades. 
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​The emphasis on cross-curricular skills or competencies dovetails nicely with the PBL movement as these projects are usually inter-disciplinary and cut across content lines. Differences in approach often center on the skills being emphasized. Constructivist PBL, for example, stresses the importance of creation to engender deeper learning and thereby retention. At schools such as High Tech High (CA) this approach is often accompanied by significant pre-planning, exemplar development before project initiation, semester wide calendaring milestones and significant exhibition strategies. Online PBL is often done asynchronously as independent driven inquiry and project development. The opportunities it offers for student collaboration and a global perspective are attractive and embedded elements of this approach.

Project-based learning takes the teacher into a different context. The differences in assessment rubrics that focus on skills is one area of significant difference, others are a level of comfort with an element of uncertainty and even organized chaos in the classroom, the need to find alternative motivational strategies, the ability to anticipate bottlenecks and the need to recalibrate the pacing of a class as the project unfolds.

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View OESIS-XP Recording: Inquiry & Assessment in PBL Mike Gwaltney, Upper School Head at Rocky Hill School (RI)

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Source: OESIS 2017 Learning Innovation Report of 254 Independent Schools

These two charts from our recent research show the increasing emphasis on PBL in independent schools.
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Source: OESIS 2017 Learning Innovation Report of 254 Independent Schools
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View OESIS-XP Recording: PBL: Creating a Gift for a Character or Figure With Tara Quigley, Director of Miss Fine's Center, 6th Grade & Humanities Teacher, Princeton Day School (NJ)
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  • About
    • What We Do
    • Network Schools
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    • Network Leadership
    • 2021 National Faculty
  • Consulting
    • Strategic Planning
    • Academic Planning
    • PD Planning
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    • Faculty PD Pathways 2021
    • XP Content Platform
    • OESIS-XP Live Programs
  • Conferences
    • OESIS Las Vegas Feb 2023
    • OESIS Baltimore 2022
    • OESIS Boston 2021
    • 1 Day Workshops at Schools
    • OESIS Boston Wellness 2020 Oct 8 & 9
    • OESIS Student Wellness L.A. 2019
    • Register
    • OESIS Boston 2019 Oct. 21st
    • Consult
    • Previous Conferences >
      • OESIS Long Beach Feb 2019
      • OESIS Boston 2018
      • OESIS L.A. 2018
      • OESIS Honolulu 2018
      • OESIS BOSTON 2017
      • OESIS BEIJING 2017
      • OESIS L.A. 2017
      • Sponsors
      • Sponsors
  • Intrepid Ed News
  • Reports
    • 2022 Teacher Survey Report
    • OESIS Network Magazine
    • A PIVOT AHEAD
    • 2020 The Future of K-12 Transcripts
    • 2020 COVID Survey Report
    • 2019 Innovation Research Report
    • 2015 Blended Learning Research
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    • Performing Arts Positions
    • Music Teacher Positions
    • Studio Art Teacher Positions
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    • Math Teacher Positions
    • Science Teacher Positions
    • History Teacher Positions
    • World Languages Positions
  • Hire Faculty
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