This week’s post is practice-oriented. For all those who want to apply the PBL model, we are sharing with you some examples which will illustrate how the approach can be put into practice. Within LEAP, we are working on the application of PBL as a practice in the context of non-formal education. We will soon share more information about our own mobility projects and are … Continue reading Anatomies of PBL model cases
On 18th december 2018 the Council of the European Union published a document on youth participation. The text, titled “The European Union Strategy for Youth 2019-2027”, identify 11 strategic goals. The LEAP project aims to support a deeper and conscious involvement of young people and, for this, contribute to reach some of these goals: “CONNECTING EU WITH YOUTH” to foster the sense of youth belonging … Continue reading The Youth Goals
In addition to the five key features of PBL, which ones you could see in the last post, the concept is regularly characterized as interdisciplinary. The working-process can lead to connections between different subjects. By offering challenges on interdisciplinary subjects, young people get a chance to understand and address large scale and open-ended projects. Different approaches of PBL can lead to different results. However, we … Continue reading PBL procedure
In the LEAP Project, we worked with five basic design principles of Project-based learning because suited to our stances on individual-centred education and willingness to experiment with youth-initiated projects. These five steps are retrieved from a work of Joseph S. Krajcik and Phyllis C. Blumenfeld elaborated in 2009. They are the following ones: Driving question: a question elaborated, explored, and answered throughout a project. The … Continue reading PBL features
The PBL method can be executed in various subject fields. It does not depend on age or academic background of the individuals or group. PBL can be used from primary education up to master graduates. PBL can also be applied in less formal contexts, such as community-working or general social-working. Within the LEAP project, we are exploring methodologies for youth workers to apply the concept … Continue reading Project-Based Learning Model
The fundamental idea of PBL is rooted in the progressive education movement developed in the early 1900s as a student-centered pedagogical approach. PBL has been developed based on the ideas of John Dewey and William H. Kilpatrick, among others. For Kilpatrick, the key to the project method is the opportunity that students can undertake activities they are really interested in. The teachers or community workers’ … Continue reading PBL History
LEAP is an acronym that stands for “Learning to Participate”. It is a project financed within the framework of the European Union Erasmus+ programme. It is a strategic partnership between three youth organizations and two universities. What gathered the partnership together is our interest in youth participation and our objective to foster young people’s participation. The partnership is between the department of Didactic of civic … Continue reading What is LEAP Project?
Learning to participate (LEAP) 