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In this episode, Laureen and Stanley will be speaking with John Larmer and Suzie Boss — best-selling authors and long-time PBL practitioners! John is a frequent writer on the topic of PBL and education. He’s also a former educator, a long-time champion for making education more engaging and meaningful for students, and the Editor in Chief at PBLWorks! Suzie is a writer, education consultant, and national faculty member at PBLWorks. She is a passionate advocate for Project Based Learning. Together, Suzie and John share their insights about PBL. They discuss how PBL is different from other methods of teaching and the research evidence that shows why and how PBL works for students. They also shed light on some common PBL challenges and how to overcome them, and they provide advice on how teachers can ease into Project Based Learning in their classrooms.   Key Takeaways: [:01] About the The Project podcast. [:30] About today’s guests, John Larmer and Suzie Boss. [1:05] Laureen and Stanley welcome their guests. [1:14] John and Suzie describe what PBL is. [2:05] John and Suzie both share how they first got interested in Project Based Learning. [3:03] How is PBL different from other methods of teaching? [5:31] Who is doing PBL out in the world right now? [7:40] Why do John and Suzie think more schools are not doing PBL? What are some of the challenges that adopting PBL presents? [9:40] The difference between simply doing projects in a classroom and PBL. [11:05] What is the origin story of PBL? [12:12] Problem-based learning vs. Project Based Learning. [14:10] John and Suzie highlight some of the research evidence that shows PBL works for students. [16:28] Does PBL work in all contexts with all demographics? [18:26] John and Suzie provide advice about the first steps one should take to begin implementing Project Based Learning.   Mentioned in This Episode: PBLWorks Stanley Richards, PBLWorks staff Laureen Adams, PBLWorks staff John Larmer, PBLWorks staff Suzie Boss, PBLWorks National Faculty What is PBL? The Research on PBL PBL Projects &amp; Resources Getting Started with PBL  Setting the Standard for Project Based Learning, by John Larmer and Suzie Boss Project Based Teaching, by John Larmer and Suzie Boss   Twitter Quotes (for Social Media Use):   “[PBL] is different from other methods of teaching because it is active; it’s not passive.” — John Larmer   “The research on PBL is really positive when it’s done right.” — John Larmer   “Adapting an existing project might be a way to jump-start your experience with PBL.”  — John Larmer   “When [students] have that opportunity to really wrestle and come to [their] own understanding, that’s when the learning is going to stick.” — Suzie Boss   “All students deserve the opportunity for the learning experience that happens in PBL.” — Suzie Boss   “Our advice is often to start small. You don’t have to do a year-long or a semester-long project to give your students, and yourself, a taste of what PBL is all about.” — Suzie Boss

In this episode, Laureen and Stanley will be speaking with John Larmer and Suzie Boss — best-selling authors and long-time PBL practitioners! John is a frequent writer on the topic of PBL and education. He’s also a former educator, a long-time champion for making education more engaging and meaningful for students, and the Editor in Chief at PBLWorks! Suzie is a writer, education consultant, and national faculty member at PBLWorks. She is a passionate advocate for Project Based Learning. Together, Suzie and John share their insights about PBL. They discuss how PBL is different from other methods of teaching and the research evidence that shows why and how PBL works for students. They also shed light on some common PBL challenges and how to overcome them, and they provide advice on how teachers can ease into Project Based Learning in their classrooms. Key Takeaways: [:01] About the The Project podcast. [:30] About today’s guests, John Larmer and Suzie Boss. [1:05] Laureen and Stanley welcome their guests. [1:14] John and Suzie describe what PBL is. [2:05] John and Suzie both share how they first got interested in Project Based Learning. [3:03] How is PBL different from other methods of teaching? [5:31] Who is doing PBL out in the world right now? [7:40] Why do John and Suzie think more schools are not doing PBL? What are some of the challenges that adopting PBL presents? [9:40] The difference between simply doing projects in a classroom and PBL. [11:05] What is the origin story of PBL? [12:12] Problem-based learning vs. Project Based Learning. [14:10] John and Suzie highlight some of the research evidence that shows PBL works for students. [16:28] Does PBL work in all contexts with all demographics? [18:26] John and Suzie provide advice about the first steps one should take to begin implementing Project Based Learning. Mentioned in This Episode: <a href="https://www.pblworks.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PBLWorks</a> <a href="https://www.pblworks.org/author/stanley-richards" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stanley Richards, PBLWorks staff</a> <a href="https://www.pblworks.org/author/laureen-adams" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Laureen Adams, PBLWorks staff</a> <a href="https://www.pblworks.org/author/john-larmer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">John Larmer, PBLWorks staff</a> <a href="https://www.pblworks.org/author/suzie-boss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Suzie Boss, PBLWorks National Faculty</a> <a href="https://www.pblworks.org/what-is-pbl" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What is PBL</a>? <a href="https://www.pblworks.org/research" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Research on PBL</a> <a href="https://my.pblworks.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">PBL Projects &amp; Resources</a> <a href="https://www.pblworks.org/get-started" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Getting Started with PBL</a> <a href="https://store.pblworks.org/products/setting-the-standard-for-project-based-learning" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Setting the Standard for Project Based Learning, by John Larmer and Suzie Boss</a> <a href="https://store.pblworks.org/products/project-based-teaching" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Project Based Teaching, by John Larmer and Suzie Boss</a> Twitter Quotes (for Social Media Use): “[PBL] is different from other methods of teaching because it is active; it’s not passive.” — John Larmer “The research on PBL is really positive when it’s done right.” — John Larmer “Adapting an existing project might be a way to jump-start your experience with PBL.”  — John Larmer “When [students] have that opportunity to really wrestle and come to [their] own understanding, that’s when the learning is going to stick.” — Suzie Boss “All students deserve the opportunity for the learning experience that happens in PBL.” — Suzie Boss “Our advice is often to start small. You don’t have to do a year-long or a semester-long project to give your students, and yourself, a taste of what PBL is all about.” — Suzie Boss

EPISODE 2: What the Heck is PBL? Suzie Boss and John Larmer, Bestselling PBL Authors, Share Why PBL Works for Students

Today we’re speaking about John’s book Setting the Standard for Project Based Learning. There are three main sections to today’s interview. An overview of project based learning, a bit of a deeper dive into what PBL looks like, and a bit of  a discussion about the research around PBL and student achievement. I will note that unfortunately John had somewhere else to be at the end of our discussion, so we only had an hour to explore these issues. What this means is that I wasn’t able to ask quite as many questions digging into detail as I usually would. There were numerous times within this interview, such as when discussing the measurement of 21st century skills, or when John was talking about designing driving questions for projects, that I would have loved to ask many many more questions to dig into detail but unfortunately there just wasn’t the time. As a consolation, this is actually part of a two podcast mini-series on PBL and next month you’ll be hearing Janet Kolodner and I speak for about two and a half hours about a specific instantiation of PBL, Project Based Inquiry Science, during which I gratefully did have the time to really drill down into details. So I hope that you find this discussion with John Larmer a good grounding in PBL Works’ understanding of what makes Gold Standard PBL, and this episode is a fantastic lead in to next months episode too. If you’d like to support the Education Research Reading Room podcast, please check out the ERRR Patreon page to explore this option. Any donation, even $1 per month, is greatly appreciated.   John Larmer is editor in chief at PBLWorks, having also served as director of product development and associate director since joining the Buck Institute for Education (BIE) in 2001. John writes and edits PBLWorks' PBL Blog and other website content. He co-authored and/or edited BIE’s project-based curriculum units for high school government and economics, the Project Based Learning Handbook (2003), and a series of books in PBL Toolkit Series. He contributes to the creation of PBLWorks' professional development services and PBL materials, including the PBL 101 workshop and rubrics for 21st century success skills. John has also consulted on PBL curriculum development for the National Academy Foundation, the Oracle Education Foundation, and Pearson Education. Previously, John has been a consultant to middle and high school on the use of standards and assessment started out as a high school social studies and Englis theacher, and has even co-founded a small high school, in his time. Links/resources mentioned in the show  Resources from the PBL Works Website  Listen to all past episodes of the ERRR podcast here. The post ERRR #032. John Larmer on Project Based Learning appeared first on Ollie Lovell.

Today we’re speaking about John’s book Setting the Standard for Project Based Learning. There are three main sections to today’s interview. An overview of project based learning, a bit of a deeper dive into what PBL looks like, and a bit of  a discussion about the research around PBL and student achievement. I will note that unfortunately John had somewhere else to be at the end of our discussion, so we only had an hour to explore these issues. What this means is that I wasn’t able to ask quite as many questions digging into detail as I usually would. There were numerous times within this interview, such as when discussing the measurement of 21st century skills, or when John was talking about designing driving questions for projects, that I would have loved to ask many many more questions to dig into detail but unfortunately there just wasn’t the time. As a consolation, this is actually part of a two podcast mini-series on PBL and next month you’ll be hearing Janet Kolodner and I speak for about two and a half hours about a specific instantiation of PBL, Project Based Inquiry Science, during which I gratefully did have the time to really drill down into details. So I hope that you find this discussion with John Larmer a good grounding in PBL Works’ understanding of what makes Gold Standard PBL, and this episode is a fantastic lead in to next months episode too. If you’d like to support the Education Research Reading Room podcast, please check out the ERRR <a href="https://www.patreon.com/errr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon page</a> to explore this option. Any donation, even $1 per month, is greatly appreciated.  John Larmer is editor in chief at PBLWorks, having also served as director of product development and associate director since joining the Buck Institute for Education (BIE) in 2001. John writes and edits PBLWorks' PBL Blog and other website content. He co-authored and/or edited BIE’s project-based curriculum units for high school government and economics, the Project Based Learning Handbook (2003), and a series of books in PBL Toolkit Series. He contributes to the creation of PBLWorks' professional development services and PBL materials, including the PBL 101 workshop and rubrics for 21st century success skills. John has also consulted on PBL curriculum development for the National Academy Foundation, the Oracle Education Foundation, and Pearson Education. Previously, John has been a consultant to middle and high school on the use of standards and assessment started out as a high school social studies and Englis theacher, and has even co-founded a small high school, in his time. Links/resources mentioned in the show <ul> <li><a href="https://my.pblworks.org/resources" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Resources from the PBL Works Website</a></li> </ul> Listen to all past episodes of the ERRR podcast <a href="http://www.ollielovell.com/podcast-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. The post <a href="https://www.ollielovell.com/johnlarmer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ERRR #032. John Larmer on Project Based Learning</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.ollielovell.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ollie Lovell</a>.

ERRR #032. John Larmer on Project Based Learning