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You say you want a revolution
Greg Ashman
@greg_ashman
gregashman.wordpress.comSlide2
This presentation will be available via my blog including links to referencesgregashman.wordpress.comSlide3
The Project Method
“
I did not
invent the term
nor did I start it
on its educational career
”
William Heard Kilpatrick, 1918Slide4
Project Based Learning
“
Project-based learning
refers to students
designing, planning
, and carrying out
an extended
project
that produces
a
publicly exhibited
output such as a
product, publication
, or presentation.
”
Alec Patton, Learning Futures, 2012Slide5
EvidenceSlide6
Education Endowment Foundation
“
The existing evidence for a causal link between PBL and attainment outcomes seems to be weak
.”
EEF Project Based
L
earning
E
valuation
R
eportSlide7
Education Endowment Foundation
Conducted a trial of Project Based Learning
Potential negative impact on some students
Findings compromised by high drop-out rateSlide8
And it doesn’t work in theory
Novices need fully guided instruction
Open ended tasks are better suited to relative experts
Students are not good at making choices that optimise their learningSlide9
?
Restudy student choice
Restudy student rating of lowest comprehension
Restudy computer choice of lowest test score
Read 3 texts
Theide
, Redford, Wiley & Griffin, 2017Slide10
So why are people keen on the idea?
If you ask them
Innovation
21
st
century ‘skills’
Motivation
‘Deep’ learningSlide11
Shallow Thinkiness
Deep Thinkiness
I
ncreasing Thinkiness
1. Rote recall of regurgitated indigestible facts
4. Interpretive dance or something like that
2. Selecting between facts and enquiring about opinions
3. Critically evaluating opinions and discussing evidence in an empathetical way
makinglearnersextraordinary.com
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POSITIVIST!Slide13
Definition of ‘rationalisation’
T
he
action of attempting to explain or justify behaviour or an attitude with logical reasons, even if these are not appropriate
.
Oxford DictionarySlide14
But there are deeper roots
Kilpatrick’s interest in projects was not a coincidence.Slide15
Progressive Education and Natural Learning
Learning to read
vs
Learning to speakSlide16
Activity Schools
1930s model of a progressive school
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Whole Language
“How could a brain which could master such complex learning in the world outside school be considered deficient with respect to the kinds of learning that were supposed to occur inside school?”
Brian Cambourne, 1995Slide18
12.00 am Anatomically modern humans arise10.34 pm First farmers11.24 pm Sumerian writing appears11.59 pm Advent of mass literacy in Europe
Human existence clockSlide19Slide20
Evolutionary Educational Psychology
David C. Geary
Biologically primary
vs
Biologically secondarySlide21
Conclusion
Project based learning, like other forms of learning that prioritise learning through experience, is based on a myth that learning should be more natural. Slide22
My ebook
, “
Ouroboros
,” can be purchased from my blog site – gregashman.wordpress.com
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book” David
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, @
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“
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.” Mike Beverley, @
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