Project Based Learning

PBL is lessons that are part of a larger project. The subjects to carry out the project are students. Teachers just guide them and provide the necessary resources to help them perform smoothly. If you look at this fact, there seems to be nothing for the teacher to do, but there is much more to be prepared here than in a teacher-centered lesson.

The latest project I took was making made sign for my institute that were written in English and Arabic. The proceedings are as follows:

I introduced the project and the showed various signs of the world with pictures. Although students meet the English words that they couldn’t read, they could easily recognize the message of the sign with pictogram.

Then I showed pictures of the students in my school (scenes of students running in the hallway, arguing with friends, lining up in the restaurant) and discuss what the rules needed to be a better school. And the result of discuss was that we made signs and attached it to the necessary places. Students have come to feel the need for the project and voluntarily participated in the project.

Three days after the project was launched, we went on a field trip and took pictures of the various signs (Don't touch, Keep clean, etc.) we saw there. And I taught the target languages for signs using the pictures that the students took.

Finally, the students completed to make it and attached themselves to the position they thought they needed.

Based on the assessment criteria, I evaluated the whole process that the students did. If I evaluate one of the final results produced by students, I don't need to implement PBL. Teachers should observe all processes to solve their problems by collaborating with group members in their own way to reach their final goal and feedback. It would help students experience real learning.

It was an interesting experience for both me and the students. Try Project Based Learning. It is both fun and edifying.