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Summer Reads To Deepen Your PBL Practice

At PBLWorks, we’re incredibly fortunate to have a number of National Faculty and staff members who are not only passionate educators, but also published authors. In this blog, we’re excited to highlight their books—essential reads for anyone looking to deepen their practice and stay inspired all summer long.

a young student starting off into the distance. Helpless.

How-to Tips and Tools

Antidote to Learned Helplessness: Productive Struggle in PBL

How teachers can help at-first-unwilling students rise to the challenges of a project, by modeling their own learning process to providing scaffolds to building a supportive culture.

How-to Tips and Tools

For Leaders: Building Capacity at the School Level with PBLWorks Online Modules

Project Based Learning is most powerful when every level of a system is aligned in service of deeper learning for students. To

Gold Standard PBL: Teaching Practices

Leveling Up Online Learning with Gold Standard PBL Teaching Practices

Suggestions for reflecting on your experience this spring and taking next steps.

Gold Standard PBL: Design Elements

Gold Standard PBL: Essential Project Design Elements

An overview of the 7 Essential Project Design Elements in the PBLWorks model for Gold Standard PBL. Adapted from “Gold Standard PBL: The Essential Project Design Elements” white paper by John Larmer and John Mergendoller (2015).

students sitting on ground in a circle while writing on large paper

General PBL

The Gift of Time That PBL Allows

A teacher reflects on how to make students aware of their learning journey, and on the importance of giving them the time to enjoy learning.

How-to Tips and Tools

Creating a Schoolwide PBL Timeline

How school leaders modeled a PBL culture by involving teachers in a “project” to respond to concerns about students’ workloads.

Walking the PBL Path: A School's Journey, Student Impact, and the Promise of PBL

For the past 10 months as a Lead National Faculty member with PBLWorks, I’ve worked closely with University Prep Schools (UPrep)

Dr. Lisa Delpit poses for a picture with Bob Lenz and John Gonzalez

General PBL

Dr. Lisa Delpit: PBL World 2022 Keynote Recording

“The work of changing the world is truly in our hands.” That is how Dr. Lisa Delpit concluded her PBL World 2022 keynote address

PBL Classroom Design & Culture

Designing a PBL-Friendly Classroom: The Power of Environment in Learning and Belonging

Design a PBL-friendly classroom that fosters student voice, choice, collaboration, and deeper learning by treating the environment as a third teacher.

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Summer Reads To Deepen Your PBL Practice

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