In a PBL environment the learning process is personalized and progressive by students focusing on asking important questions, and making changes to products and ideas based on individual and collective response to those questions. During PBL, process projects only serve as an infrastructure to allow students to play, experiment, use simulations, address authentic issues, and work with relevant peers and community members in pursuit of knowledge.
By design, PBL is learner-centered. Students do not simply choose between two or three highly academic projects to complete by a given date. They instead use the teacher’s experience to design and iterate products and projects–products and projects that often address issues or challenges that are important to them.
PBL is a student-centered pedagogy that involves a dynamic classroom approach in which it is believed that students acquire a deeper knowledge through active exploration of real-world challenges and problems, supported by the Implementation of the California State Standards at American Academy Casablanca.
Dr. Chassie Selouane
Director of Teaching & Learning
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