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THE PBL APPROACH

Latest update : 31 August 2018.

At E2 we understand, like many, that the current ’industrial’ 19th century model of education is no longer appropriate for the 21st century.

In this section, we explain why project-based learning is the pedagogical method that best delivers both strong ’traditional’ academic knowledge and skills and 21st century competences and values such as communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity.

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  • The Pedagogical foundations of PBL

    27 August 2018, by JMC

    Is PBL a new method of learning? The principles of PBL are by no means new. In most societies, before and even after the advent of formal schooling systems, people typically learnt through apprenticeship, a method of learning-by-doing where learners are given tasks to do and then guided by an experienced teacher, who gives specific instruction where appropriate to the task in hand.
    Ancient roots Even within more formal schooling systems, the principles of PBL such as learner-centred (...)

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  • What is PBL?

    27 August 2018, by JMC

    Introduction
    Although Project-based learning (PBL) may sound modern, it is one of the oldest forms of learning, with its roots not only in many traditional tribal and non-European societies, but also classical teaching methods developed by the Greeks, such as the Socratic method. It therefore far pre-dates today’s conventional ‘industrial’ schooling, so named because it was introduced during the Industrial revolution in Europe in order to produce workers and managers.
    What is PBL?
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  • Change needed!

    27 August 2018, by JMC

    WHY WE NEED TO MOVE AWAY FROM AN INDUSTRIAL MODEL OF EDUCATION
    “the mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting” Plutarch (from the Essay ‘On Listening’ in Moralia)
    Introduction
    Today most schools still follow an old-fashioned model of learning designed in the 19th century. In nearly every respect education has barely changed since the system was designed to produce workers and managers for the industrial age. But this system is no longer fit for purpose, (...)

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