Information Processing System

Project-Based Learning

• Long-term projects
• Projects= learning
• Goals and objectives
• Independent tasks

Project- Based Learning

• Relevant and meaningful
• 3 Cs: Critical thinking, communication, collaboration
• Hands on creativity
• Finished product

Project- Based Learning Example

• Prejudice has continued to affect our society and school.
• Come up with ideas and implementation to build a school culture that dispels prejudice.

Inquiry Learning

• Hands on
• Self-reflection and self-evaluation
• Active Learning

Inquiry Learning

• Student driven
• Student's interests
• Ask, search, and answer own questions

Inquiry Learning Example

• Investigate race as a social construct
• How has it affected our culture and society?

Socratic Dialogue

• Conversation driven
• Not a debate
• Discuss universal idea
• One consensus

Socratic Dialogue

• Learn best when discussing others' views
• Compare others' thoughts to own
• Others' inform/ shape our beliefs

Socratic Dialogue Example

• Socratic seminar on the theme and relevance to today's society of "To Kill a Mockingbird"