#11 Dr. Jennifer Pieratt: Demystify Project Based Learning and Beyond

Project-based learning (aka. PBL)  is a pedagogy in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world and personally meaningful projects.

And in this episode, we are lucky to have Dr. Jennifer Pieratt to give us a deep dive into it.

Dr. Jennifer Pieratt holds a PhD in Educational Philosophy, with an emphasis in Project Based Learning. She is an accomplished author and sought-after speaker on the topic of PBL. Previously Jenny was a classroom teacher at High Tech High, an organization that operates sixteen schools in San Diego County. She is also a former School Development Coach for New Tech Network and National Faculty at Buck Institute for Education.  

Jenny now is the founder of CraftedEd and is doing tons of coaching and consulting to administrators and teachers across the US and abroad.  You can learn more about her approach to PBL in her award-nominated books:  Keep it Real with PBL (elementary + secondary) 

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Show Notes with Selected Links

• [1:41] What does your first experience with PBL look like ? And any frustration or struggles from it?
  • High Tech High
• [5:00] What are the key components in PBL? How do you define PBL?
  • Common Core Standards
  • 21st Century Skills
  • PBL related publications from Jenny
• [7:30] Could you give us a PBL example so that we can know how it might look like in classroom?
  • Silent Voice
  • PBL lite planning and resources
  • Virtual learning resources.
  • Who would win story.
• [10:25] Why group grades are discouraged and any examples with project benchmarks ?
• [13:34] How often a teacher should do benchmarks?
• [14:10] What are the misconceptions of PBL that you always need to demystify for teachers?
  • Debunking Five Myths and Avoiding Anarchy in the PBL Classroom
• [15:52] How can different subject teachers collaborate with each other in designing PBL?
• [17:30] What is the feedback you got from teachers that built PBL given your coaching and the transformation of their students’ learning?
• [19:00] If a teacher wants to try out PBL, how they can take their first step or use your CraftedCurriculum service?
  • PBL lite planning and resources
• [21:55] What is one piece of advice you would give to teachers who wants to try out PBL?
  • Keep it real with PBL by Jennifer Pieratt
  • PBL e-learning courses
• [22:55] Other than your books,  are there any books that you gave out the most?
  • Jo Boaler
  • Leaders of Their Own Learning by Ron Berger
  • Designing Groupwork: Strategies for the Heterogeneous Classroom by Elizabeth G. Cohen
• [24:15] Which educator’s work you are following the most recently?
  • Cult of Pedagogy
• [25:59] Parting thoughts.

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