What is project-based learning?
Meaning and Overview of the PBL methodology
As has already been highlighted, project-based learning organizes learning in the form of projects (Thomas, 2010)which are centered on students’ activities which have defined outcome (Han, Yalvac, Capraro, & Capraro, 2015). Kokotsaki, Menzies, and Wiggins (2016) state that project-based learning involves certain activities including autonomy, investigation, goal setting, collaboration, communication and reflection among others, in the context of a real world. In PBL, students work in groups and learn about a subject by addressing a real-world problem or issue. The outcome of PBL is an artifact, which can be in the form of a model, report, etc. (Aksela & Haatainen, 2019).
Project-based learning provides new approaches to teaching and learning. By implication, both teachers and students assume new roles. To be able to know and understand how to prepare PBL lessons that yield the desired outcomes, it is important for teachers to be very familiar with the student-centric approach, which is cardinal to project-based learning.