Hacking Project Based Learning: 10 Easy Steps to PBL and Inquiry in the Classroom

Ross Cooper,Erin Murphy

Hacking Project Based Learning: 10 Easy Steps to PBL and Inquiry in the Classroom
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Times 10 Publications
Country
Published
18 December 2016
Pages
142
ISBN
9780986104985

Hacking Project Based Learning: 10 Easy Steps to PBL and Inquiry in the Classroom

Ross Cooper,Erin Murphy

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It’s time to say Yes to PBL

Project Based Learning can be messy, complicated, and downright scary. When done right, though, PBL and Inquiry are challenging, inspiring and fun for students. Best of all, when project-based learning is done right, it actually makes the teacher’s job easier.

Now, you can demystify project-based learning

As questions and mysteries around PBL and inquiry continue to swirl, experienced classroom teachers and school administrators Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy have written a book that will empower those intimidated by PBL to cry, I can do this! while at the same time providing added value for those who are already familiar with the process. Hacking Project Based Learning demystifies what PBL is all about with 10 hacks that construct a simple path that educators and students can easily follow to achieve success.

Hacking Project Based Learning provides a simple blueprint for PBL that helps you:

Establish a culture of inquiry and creativity in your classroom Teach the kind of collaboration skills that harness dissonance Turn High Impact Takeaways (HITs) into a project based plan Create Umbrella questions that drive the project Build a Progress Assessment Tool (PAT) that helps students inform and assess their learning Use formative assessment throughout the entire PBL experience Seamlessly integrate direct instruction to enhances the process, rather than interfere with it Practice the patience that inspires a productive struggle, which leads to better understanding Teach and embrace reflection during and at the end of the project Publish work the right way, so all stakeholders can see it

Experts rave about Hacking Project Based Learning

HACKING PROJECT BASED LEARNING is a classroom essential. Its ten simple hacks will guide you through the process of setting up a learning environment in which students will thrive from start to finish.

-Daniel H. Pink, New York Times Bestselling author of DRIVE

Ross Cooper and Erin Murphy have researched PBL from every angle and offer practical steps to make the PBL experience highly beneficial to students because they are practitioners who use it. This book is a very important How-to for every teacher and leader who is interested in PBL.

-Peter DeWitt, author/consultant, Finding Common Ground blog (Education Week)

The challenge for educators with project and inquiry based learning is finding the time and having the knowledge to implement effectively. Cooper and Murphy provide a much-needed resource that addresses both of these pain points in a concise, clear manner.

-Eric Sheninger, Senior Fellow, International Center for Leadership in Education

Are you ready for an amazing productive struggle in your classroom?

Start Hacking Project Based Learning today.

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