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Project-Led Learning - How Does it Work? Students at the seventh and eighth grade levels will do no regular academic courses. Their academics will come as attachments, or necessary building blocks in a series of projects they will do. Don't be alarmed. As a classroom teacher, I can assure you that less real learning takes place in the classroom through these years than will happen in the heart and mind of a child exploring the world through projects. For each school year, the student will chose 14 projects. He or she will spend somewhere around 90 to 110 hours on each project. Because of the nature of these projects, the school year can include the entire twelve months of the calendar year. Depending on the project, each project could be completed within a six-week period or could be extended over the entire year (animal husbandry, for instance). The student will be engaged in no more than four projects at one time. Before starting another project, at least one of the four projects the student is already doing should be completed. The student will select his or her projects from ten project learning areas. Those categories are: Natural, Physical, Scientific, Mathematical/Logical, Technological, Literary, Vocational, Artistic, Social, and Spiritual or Moral/Contemplative. The child should select at least one project from each category and no more than two projects from any one category. In other words, the student will select two projects from four of the categories and one project from each of the other six. The student could connect projects in a series of similar things. However, no more than three projects can be related in any one group. For example, a student could select "growing an herb garden" under the Natural category. The the student might extend that interest into the Science category, by studying both the physical botany of herbs and the chemical make-up of the oils obtained from herbs. Finally, the student could choose to make an oil distillery either for the Technology project or even the Vocational project. However, the student should do no other project related to herbs besides these three. The purpose of the variety of projects engaged in is to give the student a broad view of the possibilities that life offers him or her. Every project selected should be one the child believes he or she is really interested in. Even in categories that the student deems less interesting, a project could be selected or devised that truly interests the student. In order to maintain a breadth of learning, you should not change the ten basic categories. However, each category may be interpreted very broadly as to what could be included. Project-led learning inside each of the categories can accommodate the interests and needs of many different kinds of students. Any project that could conceivably fall under the category and that can fulfill the project requirements should be considered. YGuide Academy is dedicated to helping families with project-led learning for the middle year children as well as business-based learning during the high school years. If you need further information about project-led learning, contact us through http://www.YguideAcademy.com/ProjectLedLearning.html We would love to help you develop your project ideas into meaningful learning experiences. Help your child build his or her own business with Micro-Business for HighSchoolers, a nine month course that guides step-by-step in the creation of a real-world business, while learning a whole lot. This course could easily become a central part of your child's high school education. Check it out at http://www.YguideAcademy.com/MicroBusiness.html Copyright 2009 by YGuide Publishing, Inc.. Freely use without changes, including links. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Daniel_Yordy
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