The Buck Institute for Education has become a centre for research and innovation concerning the approach referred to as Project Based Learning. As an entity PBL can best be seen as a collection of approaches, rather than a distinct pedagogy, aligned with a socio-constructivist philosophy of learning and education. BIE define PBL as, Project Based Learning is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills … Continue reading Gold standard Project Based Learning

This info-graphic highlights some of the ways in which the world has changed and with it the need for a different approach to curriculum, knowledge, understanding, skills and pedagogy.       These ideas are further elaborated in the following booklet, produced by the Getting Smart organisation and Buck Institute of Education, both of which are at the forefront of thinking concerning a more project … Continue reading A Project Based World?

What Is PBL? Compiled by the Buck Institute for Education (BIE) Blogs PBL World Day 4: Pearl Arredondo Starts a PBL School to Foster ‘Our Next Movers and Shakers’ A Recap of 2014 PBL World in Napa Blogs Resource List: Creativity in PBL Readings & Resources: Teaching Creativity in PBL Blogs From Open House to Exhibition Night PBL showcases: good for students, school & guests Blogs … Continue reading What is Project Based Learning?

Underachievement by white working class children is symptomatic of larger issues plaguing the UK education system From The London School of Economics  In the UK, it is widely documented both in academic circles and in the popular press that white working-class children consistently do quite poorly at school. Garth Stahl questions the phenomenon of white working-class underperformance, and attempts to show how a neoliberal governance … Continue reading Underachievement by white working class children is symptomatic of larger issues plaguing the UK education system