WORKSHOP TITLE: Project-Based Learning (PBL) and Performance Based Assessment (PBA)
DURATION: 5 hours
FACILITATOR: Dr Colin Cumberbatch & Mrs Wendy Lowe Eastmond
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
Meaningful learning is best facilitated through the use of authentic and engaging learning experiences. Project-Based Learning (PBL) is a pedagogical approach which provides opportunities for both authentic and engaging learning experiences as students strive to resolve actual challenges by investigating, researching and identifying solutions. This workshop is designed to expose participants to the tenets of Project-Based Learning. Parallels will be drawn between PBL and current practice. Discussions will be held on perceived advantages and disadvantages and participants will be guided through the development of a PBL activity. Assessment in PBL should match the authentic nature of PBL. The Performance Based Assessment aspect of the workshop is therefore designed to elevate the assessment techniques of participants with this hands-on workshop designed to help teachers create rubrics that are impactful, equitable, and easy to understand. Learn how to provide meaningful feedback, increase student involvement, and link performance assessments to learning objectives. Walk away with practical tools and ready-to-use rubrics to improve grading consistency and student outcomes This workshop will therefore examine how to effectively design, implement and assess Project-Based learning activities in the classroom and how learning is facilitated and assessed using PBL.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
By the end of the session participants should be able to:
- Define the concept of Project-Based Learning
- Identify advantages and disadvantages of PBL
- Compare PBL to current practice.
- Explain the various stages in the design of a PBL activity.
- Design a PBL activity
- Explain assessment in PBL activities
- Appreciate the importance of feedback in the PBL process.
- Recognise the key tenets of performance-based assessments.
- Identify strengths and weaknesses of performance-based assessment.
- Use the knowledge of the key tenets of performance-based assessments to test items.
- Appreciate that performance-based assessments require discrete understandings and skills for teachers
TARGET PARTICIPANTS:
ALL Teachers
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
Participants are required to bring a laptop or some other electronic device. The workshop facilitator will provide all other materials.