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What is the Most Important Element of a PBL Unit?

What is the Most Important Element of a PBL Unit? | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

What is the most important element in PBL unit? There are8 elements to choose from:

* Significant Content

* A Need to Know

* A Driving Question

* Student Voice and Choice

* 21st Century Skills

* Inquiry and Innovation

* Feedback and Revision

* Publicly Presented Product

This post states that a driving question is most important. "If you find the right questions then most of the other factors identified are covered automatically."

The question then becomes "How do you generate a great question and who is the right person to generate that question?" To this the answer would be the students.

If this is an area where you are not sure how to work with students then look into the the work of the Right Question Institute (RQI) and their Question Formation Technique (QFT). To help you better understand this they provide a look at "how question generation was embedded at the heart of a PBL unit."

Victor Marín Navarro's curator insight, March 16, 2013 8:59 AM

¿Cuáles son los elementos más importantes en un Proyecto de Aprendizaje? Aprendizaje significativo, necesidad de saber, un hilo conductor en forma de pregunta, aprendizaje activo por parte de los alumnos que implique elección, heramientas para el siglo XXI, descubrimiento e innovación, feed-back y revisión, presentación oral y pública del producto.

Tamra Dollar's curator insight, July 23, 2013 2:53 PM

PBL's begin with a driving question, one that is relevant to the learner and fosters engagement. Feedback is ongoing and essential for learner to happen.

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Back To The Educational Future… 10 Inspiring Lessons From An Almost Analog Native

Back To The Educational Future… 10 Inspiring Lessons From An Almost Analog Native | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
Happy 2012 and welcome to the future!   I wish all of you the very best as you enter a New Year! I hope you enjoy this timeless lesson... one that really does have a place in 21st century educatio...
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15 Reasons Reformers Are Looking to Finland - Online Universities

15 Reasons Reformers Are Looking to Finland - Online Universities | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
Read on to learn why so many education reformers are enamored with Finnish education and what their system can teach us about reforming our own.

Why are people looking at Finland? Their students have "consistently scored near or at the top of international assessments regardless of economic or social background, despite spending fewer hours in school that their American counterparts."

Some of the 15 points listed are below, and each point is followed with additional information.

* Schools don't assign much homework.

* Classwork focuses on creativity.

* All schools in Finland are public schools.

* Finland is all about cooperation in education, not competition.

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