1st Edition

Enquiry and Project Based Learning Students, School and Society

Edited By David Leat Copyright 2017
224 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Many teachers, schools, parents and community organisations feel that ‘standards’ education is not serving us well. It has proved ineffective at preparing many students for work, higher education and general wellbeing, nor does it keep students engaged and intrinsically motivated, capable of sustaining interest in education and learning. There is a supressed desire to transform educational... Read more
  1. Why We Need Enquiry and Project Based Learning
  2. David Leat

  3. Understanding Enquiry
  4. David Leat

  5. Assessment of Learning Outcomes in EPBL
  6. David Leat

  7. Enquiry and Project-Based Learning: School and society through a socio-cultural lens
  8. David Leat

  9. Adapting Self Organised Learning Environments to Primary Schools in Australia
  10. Paul Kenna and Brett Millott

  11. Balancing Structure and Flexibility: Teacher’s orchestration in collaborative long-term inquiry
  12. Marjut Viilo, Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen and Kai Hakkarainen

  13. Developing a Community Orientation Through a Focus on Local Heritage and Environment
  14. Viki Angel, Lucy Eckford & Lisa Lowery

  15. The Importance of Audience in Project-Based Learning
  16. Cara Littlefield

  17. The Broomley Bee Meadow Project
  18. Julie McGrane, Jilly Halliday & Stuart Moore

     

  19. Community Curriculum Making and EPBL

David Leat and Ulrike Thomas

Biography

David Leat is Professor of Curriculum Innovation at Newcastle University, UK, Director of the Research Centre for Learning and Teaching, and Assistant Director of SOLE Central (researching Sugata Mitra’s Self Organised Learning Environments concept). He is also coordinator of the North East EPBL Network.