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Study Project / Project Learning

Study project / project-based learning is a way of teaching and learning where the study work is done in a project. The method is common among science, art and design teaching but can be used in many other topics as well.

In a study project / project-based learning, there are several stages that are implemented in a certain sequence. The six steps carried out are:

1. Defining the project

• What will be studied in the project?
• What are the expected results of the project?
• What are the stages of the project?
• What kind of resources – time, space, equipment and people - are needed?
• What will be the artefacts communicating the results of the preoject?
• How will the results of the study work be presented?

2. Generating ideas

• What are the driving questions related to the main topic?
• How will we get answers to these questions?
• What do we want to say with our project?

2. Identify Work and planning the project

• What is already available ? (previous knowledge, existing elements)
  
• What has to be done ? (tasks)
• How will it be done ?
  
• Which skills are available in the group ?
  
• How to acquire missing resources or skills (learning objectives or research of resource)
• Planification of tasks (deadlines) ?
• Assignation to participants
  

3. Hands-on work to gain the results or products planned

• Research and study work
• Design and production of the artefacts

4. Disseminating and communicating the results of the project

• Presenting the artefacts to each other and to a wider community

5. Evaluating the results of the project

• What did we learn?
• What was good and what was bad in the process?
• How could we do the same project next time better?

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project, group work, collaboration, art, desing

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