- Pioneered by Dr. W.H. Kilpatrick
- It is an activity, individual or group, involving investigation and solution of problems, planned and carried out to conclusion with guidance of the teacher.
Features:
- extend beyond classroom teaching.
- involves investigation and solution to practical problmes.
- method is carried out in natural setting and real life situatons.
- demands active participation from the students.
- involves active interaction between students and a social environment.
- promote independent learning.
Principles:
- principle of utility.
- principle of readiness.
- principle of freedom at work.
- principle of learning by doing.
- principle of socialization.
Types of project work:
- produce type
- consumer type
- investigate type
- drill type
......the investigation type of project work typically passes through the following stages:
- Stage 1: Classroom planing
- providing a set of tasks
- selecting of tasks
- giving of hypothesis
- designing methods to investigate
- collection of data
- organizing and interpreting data
- review
- adding and deleting data
- evaluation
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