I was asked recently for some recommendations for books and articles to read about Project Based Learning. Sharing the list, I thought it would be beneficial to share the same list to everyone. This is not an exhaustive list. The intent is to provide one to give a range of access from those just starting out to others who want to deepen their understanding of PBL. If you have recommendations to add, please tweet them to me @JMcCarthyEdS or post in the comments below. Also, find many more PBL and ALE resources on this site as well.
Bonus resource for PBL Management: Extending the Silence
- P21 Blog – PBL topic: http://www.p21.org/component/
taxonomy/term/summary/57/243 - Edutopia Articles on PBL
https://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning – Read from Matt Weyers series, one teacher’s leap into PBL: part 1
Here are my varied articles for Edutopia: John McCarthy - Developing Natural Curiosity through Project-Based Learning: Five Strategies for the PreK–3 Classroom by Dayna Laur and Jill Akins
https://www.amazon.com/Developing-Natural-Curiosity- Project-Based-Learning/dp/ 1138694215 - BIE Articles: http://www.bie.org/objects/
cat/articles - PBL Research & Studies: http://www.bie.org/objects/
cat/research - PBL in the Elementary Grades by Sara Hallermann; John Larmer; John R. Mergendoller
https://www.amazon.com/Elementary-Grades-Hallermann- Larmer-Mergendoller/dp/ 0974034312/ - Setting the Standard for Project Based Learning: A Proven Approach to Rigorous Classroom Instruction by John Larmer, Suzie Boss, John Mergendoller
https://www.amazon.com/Setting-Standard-Project- Based-Learning/dp/1416620338/
Resources on my website: https://openingpaths.org/blog/pbl-guide/
Below is a sneak peak of just some of what you’ll find:
Below is a sneak peak of just some of what you’ll find:
Project Libraries
- PBL Lounge
- BIE Project Search
- BIE Project Libraries
- PBL Libraries
- MI K-12
- MI STEM
- West Virginia PBL Database
- National Service Learning Clearing House
- High Tech High PBL library
- Henrico 21 Library
- Problem Based Learning Clearinghouse @ University of Delaware
- NASA Ames Education
- Envision Schools Project Exchange
- Global School Net
Also, for deep support of Differentiation, check out the book and companion site for So All Can Learn: A Practical Guide to Differentiation.