EDUC 561 - Applications: Pbl in Curriculum/Inst

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take EDUC-560. (Required, Previous).
Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max:

Description: This classroom and field-based course is designed to give teachers the experiences required to plan, create, facilitate, and integrate appropriate instructional methodologies and technology within a PBL unit of study that will support the academic achievement of students with diverse learning needs. During the course, teachers will observe PBL classrooms for no less than 10 hours. Teachers will learn to design and integrate key activities into their projects that promote the development of critical thinking, problem solving, and collaborative skills. Additionally, teachers will learn how to develop and implement a variety of authentic formative and summative assessments for the purpose of guiding instructional decision making. To successfully complete these projects and the course, the teachers will learn to appropriately select, apply, analyze, and reflect upon student performance data gathered using a variety of authentic assessments and data collection methods. Teachers will also learn how to examine the key roles of and identify methods for integrating community partners into the development and implementation of their PBL projects. Then, utilizing the content knowledge and experiences from EDUC 560, teachers will design and implement two PBL projects. The first will be a cross-disciplinary PBL unit developed collaboratively with peers in the classroom, and the second is a PBL unit of study that each student will create independently. This second PBL unit will also serve as the course's key assessment. The course will be taught using PBL methodologies that include the development of projects, analysis of student data, and reflection upon the development experience. Credit is given to the Riley Institute and its partner institutions for the development of the endorsement coursework and related materials.