Description: This book addresses the most common, and most complex, questions educators ask about Project Based Learning and inquiry. These include how to structure a PBL experience, how to incorporate direct instruction, and how to manage chaos.
Review Quotes:
None of us enjoy being taught at, and yet that is what too many students
endure in their classroom. Project Based Learning: Real Questions.
Real Answers. How to Unpack PBL and Inquiry is an inspiring book
focusing on a process where the teacher and students learn together,
and the authors provide a step-by-step process on how to do that.
- Peter DeWitt, EdD, Author, Consultant, Finding
Common Ground Blog for Education Week
This book is a must-read for educators who aspire to create more personalized
and inquiry-based experiences for all students. Too often the message
is that you have to start from scratch. Instead, Cooper and Murphy
share insights and practical strategies to address the most pressing questions
about project based learning and will empower you to build from
what you are already doing to create amazing learning opportunities for
your students.
- Katie Martin, PhD, Chief Impact Officer at Altitude
Learning, Author of Learner-Centered Innovation
The authors provide educators with the keys to deliver the type of learning
all students deserve: engaging, hands-on, and on the path to caring about
and solving problems that matter. As someone who facilitates project based
learning with students, I'll be referring to this book, over and over again.
- Shelly Sanchez, Digital Innovator, STEM Teacher,
Author of Hacking Digital Learning Strategies
Students around the world eagerly embrace learning experiences that
are DIFFERENT, that are more than traditional factual recall and procedural
regurgitation. In this phenomenal PBL resource, Cooper and
Murphy unpack the concrete logistics of what it takes to facilitate deeper
learning, greater student agency, and more real-world authentic work in
your school. This book is full of useful templates and protocols, answers to
challenging questions, and ideas that will energize student learning. Use
the practical strategies in this book to embrace the "productive struggle"
and make learning different (Please? Asking for a few million students . . .).
- Scott McLeod, PhD, Associate Professor, University of
Colorado Denver, Founding Director of CASTLE