If you have a chance watch this presentation given by Chris Lehmann, the Principal of the Science Leadership Academy (SLA) in Philadelphia, Pa. His presentation was on using Understanding by Design as the basis of a school's teaching. Understanding by Design was created by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe. The idea of Understanding by Design is based upon project based learning. Chris covers how this concept is being used at SLA and how it can be implemented at your school. He also included a wiki with all the information from the presentation.
The ideas that he presents take a lot of what we already know about project learning and gives the template and basis for that general knowledge to be applied as the core of your school's pedagogy rather than a part of it.
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