This module has three different paths leading through it. They are all linked, but they all have different aims:

1. Concepts of Project Based Learning (PBL): You will be exposed to the key concepts in PBL, and will have a chance to read about and discuss them. There is an overview of these concepts in Activity 1, but you will come back to them as the module progresses.
2. Evaluation of a case study project entitled "If I were the President...": This is a real project that was conducted in a classroom recently. It is therefore useful for you to look at it and learn from its successes and failures.
3. Creation and implementation of your own PBL project entitled "If I were minister of...". This is possibly the most difficult part of the module. THis project will be conducted as a Learning Circle involving the classes of your group members. You are required to put into practice what you learn as you are learning it with your own learners at school. Click here to see an overview of the PBL project, and what is required of you and the learners as you go through the module. Please look carefully at this so you can plan ahead. It is important that you organise yourself in terms of choosing which class you will do this project with, ensuring that you have sufficient lessons to do it in, that you have access to the computers, etc. You will need to do the class activities as part of the module activities 7, 8 and 10.

To see how the whole module fits together, you can look at the Module Overview Flow Chart.

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Move on to Activity 1: Overview of Project-based learning.