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{{Distinguish|Problem-based learning}}
[[File:Project Based Learning.JPG|thumb|upright=1.3|Groups of students undertaking project-based learning]]
'''Project-based learning''' is a [[teaching method]] that involves a dynamic classroom approach in which it is believed that students acquire a deeper knowledge through active exploration of real-world challenges and problems.<ref>[http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning ''Project-Based Learning,'' Edutopia, March 14, 2016]. Retrieved 2016-03-15</ref> Students learn about a subject by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to a complex question, challenge, or problem.<ref>[http://bie.org/about/what_pbl ''What is PBL?'' Buck Institute for Education]. Retrieved 2016-03-15</ref> It is a style of [[active learning]] and [[inquiry-based learning]]. Project-based learning contrasts with paper-based, rote memorization, or teacher-led instruction that presents established facts or portrays a smooth path to knowledge by instead posing questions, problems, or scenarios.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Yasseri|first1=Dar|last2=Finley|first2=Patrick M.|last3=Mayfield|first3=Blayne E.|last4=Davis|first4=David W.|last5=Thompson|first5=Penny|last6=Vogler|first6=Jane S.|date=2018-06-01|title=The hard work of soft skills: augmenting the project-based learning experience with interdisciplinary teamwork|journal=Instructional Science|language=en|volume=46|issue=3|pages=457–488|doi=10.1007/s11251-017-9438-9|s2cid=57862265|issn=1573-1952}}</ref>
== History ==
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Outside of the United States, the [[European Union]] has also providing funding for project-based learning projects within the [[Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013]]. In China, Project-based learning implementation has primarily been driven by [[international school]] offerings,<ref>[https://www.pblworks.org/blog/pbl-china-yes-maybe]. Larmer, John (2018)</ref> although public schools use Project-based learning as a reference for Chinese Premier Ki Keqiang's mandate for schools to adopt [[maker education]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ccc.princeton.edu/events/making-china-cultivating-entrepreneurial-living|title = Making China: Cultivating Entrepreneurial Living | Center on Contemporary China}}</ref> in conjunction with [[Micro-schooling|micro-schools]] like Moonshot Academy and ETU, and maker education spaces such as [[SteamHead]].<ref>[http://www.xinhuanet.com//english/2017-03/13/c_136125085.htm] Xin Hua News, referenced 2017.</ref>
In [[Uganda]] since the introduction of the new lower curriculum<ref>{{Cite web |last=says |first=Droku Benbella |date=2024-02-29 |title=‘Despite challenges, schools have embraced the new curriculum’ – Economic Policy Research Centre |url=https://eprcug.org/press-releases/despite-challenges-schools-have-embraced-the-new-curriculum/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |language=en-US}}</ref>, students and teachers have been urged to embraced project based learning especially with training from the Ugandan Government<ref>{{Cite web |title=Teachers must be trained for new lower curriculum to succeed |url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/articledetails/NV_158605 |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=New Vision |language=en}}</ref> and UNELTA<ref>{{Cite web |title=UNELTA |url=https://unelta.org/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=UNELTA |language=en}}</ref>
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