Drew Perkins

Are Students ‘Doing Projects’ Or Learning Through PBL?

Project-based learning is not just doing projects, it’s students learning through the work of a project and that’s a critical distinction.

Teaching / September 28, 2017 / Inquiry, Questioning

Great teachers go beyond being ‘good’ by leveraging student curiosity to spark beautiful questions and profound thinking.

Teaching / July 26, 2017 / Equity

Drew Perkins talks with JuanCarlos Arauz of E3 Education as a second part to their recent conversation about equity and education.

Ideally PBL implementation isn’t isolated from teachers, students, parents and others who will be engage in this pedagogical shift.

So what makes for a quality facilitator of professional development? It’s complex, but here are a few tips.

Making Thinking Visible: The Story Of A Sketchnoter contributed by Reshan Richards Before I even learned about sketchnoting, Explain Everything

Growing Great Teaching And Learning Under The PBL Umbrella Framework contributed by Drew Perkins “You mean I have to throw

Ideally, assigned homework should be less frequent and hopefully more personalized to the needs of the student and their ongoing work and growth.

A central feature of high quality PBL is the pedagogical relationship between the Driving Question and the “Need to Knows” that stem from it.

The pieces and parts of most schools and school days looks eerily similar to what many of us experienced decades ago but with advanced tech.

You want to avoid pointless PD, & sometimes you can’t please all the people all the time, but here are 20 questions to get you started.

What are the characteristics of great professional development for teachers? It starts with training that actually improves their teaching.