Teachers have a lot to do every day with their students. They need to make sure that the students have the basics down pat so that they can ace those important tests, and also graduate to the next grade.
Project based learning is a great way to instill themes and concepts into the students in a more captivating and memorable way. But with all that they teacher has to accomplish in a short amount of time with sometimes 30 students how can this happen?
Many teachers may worry that incorporating project based learning will take time away from teaching concepts that the students need to know for standard exams. Measuring results from project based learning can be a bit more subjective and therefore harder to assess and report.
Sometimes the question is how? How can project based learning be woven into the everyday learning concepts that need to be accomplished during the school year. Here are 3 ways that teachers can practically incorporate project based learning into the classroom quickly.
Integrate
Think about ways that a necessary standard unit can be taught with a project. Perhaps the students need to understand the basics of economics. Perhaps they can learn economics by working on a business based project so they can see how economics works in the real world.
Combine
