Becoming an all project-based school

Becoming an all project-based school

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What is a project-based model? It’s a model adopted by some schools in the US to make learning holistic, and at the same time, to make students use their learning and understanding in a more realistic approach and more productive learning.

The project-based model has been found by many schools abroad to be one of the best techniques to gauge the learning and understanding of the lessons by the students.

Becoming a project-based school takes a lot of effort, preparation, and training, but since this is not new to our curriculum and there has been a lot of training with the project-based model here in the Philippines, our teachers will not have a hard time applying this in class.

The question lies in the extent that we can apply it to our school. In the school where I teach, we started with the project-based model two years ago in subject areas such as Science, Filipino, English, and T.L.E. classes for two years; currently, we use it in all subject areas.

This model shows that students are more engaged in their subjects, and they show better understanding of the subject as seen in their outputs.

This model is given to students either individually, by pairs, or by groups of five, where students are made to perform a task given certain criteria called rubric, in relation to the topic that is discussed.

This rubric helps the students see themselves where they are good at, and where they need to improve on.

They are given a task that is realistic in nature, or are made to produce outputs that is based on their understanding and application of the idea.

This method helps the them improve their skills and their critical thinking on how to produce an output that can be of benefit to the community and to one’s self.

Project-based model as what we have used has shown a great impact to students in how they think, how they decide and use their knowledge on making things, and shows their potential to think and decide by themselves to enrich their learning.

But as professional teachers, we dont stop here. We continue to enhance the students’ skills, motivate them to make projects that are beneficial to the community, and prepare them for the K-to-12 curriculum by their senior year in high school.

I believe that abrupt changes in the implementation of the project-based curriculum will not work; but a gradual and constant change will make it a success.

Cecil Arbas
Foundation University

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