Project-based learning (PBL) or project-based education is an instructional strategy that allows students to build knowledge and skills via interesting projects based on real-world issues and challenges. The terms ‘experiential learning and ‘discovery learning’ are sometimes used interchangeably with project-based learning.
Students that have authentic practical experiences are prepared better for the real world. In its ideal form, project-based learning educates students to be self-sufficient, creative, and critical thinkers capable of tackling any intellectual obstacle.
The project-based learning approach has the following characteristics:
- Focuses on a broad, open-ended challenge for students to research and respond to
- Is inquiry-based, encourages inherent curiosity, and stimulates questions while assisting students in their quest for answers.
- Critical thinking, communication, cooperation, and creativity, among other abilities, are used
- Incorporates student choices and conclusions into the process
- Allows for criticism and adjustment of the plan and project
- Students are expected to explain their challenges, research methodology, techniques, and outcomes in the same way that scientific research or real-world projects face peer review
