Saturday, April 11, 2009
Problem Based Learning
After reading the article, I thought the reading was really great at illustrating how successful PBL can be in the classroom for some situations. However, as a content teacher in a high school that has block scheduling, I can see it having a lot of possibilities but I have found myself trying to figure out where to fit it into the classroom. I feel as though PBL takes a lot of time because students are learning through the process of solving and it helps them become creative people solvers. Therefore, I feel that teachers really need to teach students how to do PBL by giving them a strong foundation to work with because the end result can be mixed. Something that I do have a question for the writer is did the standardize tests improve due to the teachers teaching the students to transfer the knowledge of PBL skills to the test or did this naturally occur as a result of the PBL lessons?
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I had the same reaction. I thought that by knowing these situations, we can apply this to our future PBLS within the classroom. The PBL's can incorporate a mass effect in the learning environment. Like we saw in the movie last class, the children wanted to create a United States style government. The teacher asked them if there will be 3 branches of Government, and the kids had no idea what the heck was going on for a second. Thus, it resulted in the students being briefed with the 3 branches of Government and cultivating a knowledge on American Politics.
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