Project-Based Learning

Project-Based Learning (PBL) has become a big buzzword in education in the last 5 years or so. I love the idea of making school more hands on and interactive – it makes the likelihood that students will retain information much higher when they can see its usefulness and apply it themselves where possible.  I am sure school librarians play a large part in developing PBL programs, but if they don’t, they should!

If you are interested in PBL programs, you should definitely check out the blog (https://www.bie.org/blog/) from the Buck Institute for Education, a Californian non-profit specializing in project-based learning-related resources. They do a nice job of not only discussing PBL programs in general, but every week they do a roundup of articles on PBL programs that they think are worth reading. It's a great way to keep up with what's happening in the world of PBL programs.