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WHITE PAPER: How LGL Support Project Based Learning (PBL) and Integrated Thematic Units (ITU)

A six-page white paper that describes how LGL products and services can guide Project-Based Learning (PBL) and Integrated Thematic Units (ITU).

Good ideas stand the test of time; such is the case with curricular approaches such as Project-Based Learning (PBL) and Integrated Thematic Units (ITU). These approaches are built upon four central principles:

  1. Curriculum should be purposeful and meaningful – that is, real. When our objects of study are relevant and connected to our daily lives, both motivation and learning increase.
  2. Curriculum should engage all learning modalities. Montessori knew that there are many ways to learn and our senses are key to this endeavor.
  3. Curriculum should reach across content areas. We separate out the “content areas” as a way to simplify the complexity in the world, but in the end, we have to put them all together to solve problems.
  4. Curriculum should require students to take agency in their own learning. Kids develop into independent learners when we give them opportunities to be independent learners!
While these are powerful ideas, the devil is in the details. To implement a successful PBL program or an ITU requires a great deal of planning, preparation, and support. Let’s Go Learn’s products and services can help directly in this process.
PBL and ITU

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