Talk:Project-based learning

message: On 22 Mar 2005, this article was nominated for deletion.  See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Project Based Learning.  Rossami (talk) 04:57, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: The word "project" from project Science is loaded.  
I think I can put the issues that inspire project Science in bullet form:
* kids develop a relationship with the world as they become more aware of it
* as they begin to socialize and interrelate, this relationship develops into a shared conception
* when they get to school, and teachers try to straighten them on certain misconceptions,
* they think the teachers are crazy
Kids will tell you what you want to hear, but they think they are really being taught patience with elders.  As soon as they back with their friends, the misconceptions are restored, and all is well from their perspective.
The project, or group, science, strategy is to allow them to discover the realities of science on their own by providing them with much the same equipment that our early scientists had, such as prisms, telescopes, microscopes.  Their misconceptions are not actually wrong so much as "intelligently wrong," and often the entire community holds the same misconceptions.  Here is were the true value is; as the students develop scientific technique and learn how things really are, they go back home and tell their parents what they did. In this way the entire community gets educated -- now that's value.
Science today is seeing a rise in the social science; as we apply scientific technique to social situations, we are far better able to get from these situations the kinds of results we are looking for.  When kids do this, they can better experiment with life and conclude earlier what it is that they are good at, and what they like to do.  This gives them factors better chances of getting the highest potential out of life, of self-actualizing.John van v 23:12, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This vandalism should be removed, but I opt to keep it as an example of the limited psychology of those who hate constructive learning. --John Bessa (talk) 14:50, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd like to point out that there are people out there (such as myself) who dislike project-based learning and cooperative learning simply because they don't click for us. I mean, it's nice that it works for the majority, but the rest of us are given an "F" and told we're not trying hard enough, even though the problem is simply that the way the modern classroom is designed just doesn't work for everybody. Randomnessu (talk) 17:25, 26 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: [http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Middle_School_Science From Middle School Science on Wikiveristy] 

message: This article seems very slick, as if someone is selling my on the value of Project Based Learning not simply informing of what it is and how it works.  True, there is a criticism section, but it seems more token than anything else.
For example, "The PROMOTE Georgia Project[2] is an excellent example of iPBL."  The word "excellent" sticks in my craw.  It is an example that exemplifies the tenets of iPBL.  They have success in doing A, B, and C.  By calling it "excellent" it gives the entry a weightless quality that is more suitable to a puff-piece than an authoritative entry.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.218.166.54 (talk) 01:35, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Article Has Odd Tone

message: This is purely educational.  There is no psychology involved except to say that psychology describes all human activity at a low level.  I will remove the psy portal material. --John Bessa (talk) 14:51, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Not psychology

message: This is a very poorly written article that suffers from a distinct slant. Rather than simply explaining what project-based learning is, from the get-go it presents a biased contrast between PBL and "traditional" education that is disingenuous at best. I will work on the bias issues in the future when I have time to get to it. 32.218.41.189 (talk) 16:29, 30 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed the POV tag from the article.  I did not assess it for POV but since the tag has been on there for over 3 years and no one has really discussed the problems it must not be that bad.  If it is a concern a new tag with discussion should happen.  ~ GB fan 13:52, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV 

message: Substituted at 03:26, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: This article's lede is too long. I propose cutting it into a new section starting on the second paragraph. Perhaps we can title it, "Description," better yet, "History," even when it lacks a well-planned historical timeline, or something similar.  Any thoughts? Caballero/Historiador ⎌ 01:58, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, Caballero/Historiador. I have edited the lede and created a History section. The tag citing the issue has been removed accordingly. Regards, Darwin Naz (talk) 23:13, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Lede too long

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