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Practical Guides 1-6
These guides are designed to help a teacher understand the value of developing projects with children preschool through elementary school, the planning and implementation framework of the Project Approach, with strategies and techniques for documenting children’s learning. Buy all six for a special price. These guides are available for immediate download as .pdf files. More information
The Project Approach: Taking a Closer Look
The CD presents seven projects illustrated by several hundred photographs of project work in progress. More information
Engaging Children's Minds
This book clarifies and articulates the process and benefits of the project approach. These specific examples outline how children's intellectual development is enhanced.
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From My Side: Being a Child
This book features photographs of children around the globe. See what catches the interest of these young explorers, and thinkers.
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The Project Approach: Making Curriculum Come Alive
Older version of Practical Guides 1-3 available through this site
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The Project Approach: Managing Successful Projects
Older version of Practical Guides 4-6 available through this site
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Practical Guide #1 Projects and the Curriculum: Seeing the Possibilities
Offers suggestions about integrating the Project Approach across the curriculum and meeting learning and curricular objectives and standards with project work. More information
Practical Guide #2 Features of the Project Approach: A Framework for Learning
Explains why structure is an essential ingredient of project work and provides information about using the five structural features throughout the three phases of the Project Approach. More information
Practical Guide #3 Making a Start on Projects: Planning in Context
Provides information about selecting a topic, developing a web of related vocabulary, and planning to set up some of the key events in a successful project. More information
Practical Guide #4 Launching a Project: Initial Understanding
Walks educators through the launch of the first phase of a project. It also provides strategies for creating an active and engaging learning environment appropriate for project work. More information
Practical Guide #5 Developing a Project: Investigating and Representing
Provides an overview of Phase 2 of the Project Approach, during which students become researchers and investigators through fieldwork, interviews, representations, and more. More information
Practical Guide #6 Concluding a Project: Presenting the Work
Provides information on deciding when to begin Phase 3, planning a culminating event, integrating technology, and sharing the learning process with outside audiences. More information
