Sinton ISD’s Technology Discovery Center hosted an educational institute for teachers from Sinton ISD and partner academy Freer ISD. Trainers from Region I Educational Service Center guided staff through steps involved in Probem-Based Learning or PBL. PBL is both a curriculum and a process. The curriculum consists of carefully selected and designed problems that demand from the learner acquisition of critical knowledge, problem solving proficiency, self-directed learning strategies, and team participation skills. The process replicates the commonly used systemic approach to resolving problems or meeting challenges that are encountered in life and career. Our teachers are carefully designing projects this summer that will be incorporated in to engaging-rigorous lessons in the fall.
Other benefits of PBL include:
- Develops critical and creative thinking;
- Creates effective problem-solvers;
- Increases motivation;
- Encourages lateral thinking;
- Improves communication and networking skills;
- Is based on real-life situations.