Sustainable Project-Based Learning: Five Steps for Designing Authentic Classroom Experiences in Grades 5-12

This essential guide shares a five-step process for designing, implementing, and assessing sustainable project-based learning (SPBL) units while ensuring students gain surface-, deep-, and transfer-level knowledge. Brad Sever draws from his daily work as a practitioner to deliver practical strategies for creating meaningful learning experiences that join academic growth with social-emotional skill development--all supported by the power of professional learning communities.

Use this book to help increase authentic learning for your students:

• Learn the benefits of project-based learning (PBL) and social and emotional learning (SEL) to student growth and academic achievement.
• Access a five-step process for planning, integrating, and sustaining a comprehensive SPBL framework in your curriculum.
• Receive reproducible tools and templates you can use independently or collaboratively to maximize student engagement and learning.
• Reflect with end-of-chapter questions to enhance your understanding of the content.
• Understand how to promote transfer learning skills through connections to real-world experiences.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I: The What and Why of Sustainable Project-Based Learning
• Chapter 1: Defining Sustainable Project-Based Learning
• Chapter 2: Reviewing the Seven PBL Design Elements
• Chapter 3: Maintaining a Sustainable Relationship With Project-Based Learning
• Chapter 4: Integrating Social and Emotional Learning Into SPBL Units
• Part II: The How of Sustainable Project-Based Learning
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  Chapter 5: Step 1 Planning the SBPL Unit
• Chapter 6: Step 2 Developing SPBL Assessments
• Chapter 7: Step 3 Establishing a Clear Goal for Student Learning
• Chapter 8: Step 4 Conducting Teacher Action Research
• Chapter 9: Step 5 Reflecting, Refining, and Celebrating
• Chapter 10: Transferring Learning Through Three Simultaneous Experiences
• Appendix A: Glossary of Key Terms
• Appendix B: Protocol Library
• Appendix C: Example SPBL Unit Plans
• References and Resources
• Index