Project Method for DSSSB/CTET/UP Teachers!

The Project method is a medium of instruction which was introduced 

during the 18th century into the schools of architecture and engineering

 in Europe when graduating students had to apply the skills and  

the knowledge they had learned in the course of their studies to 

problems they had to solve as practicians of their trade, for example, 

designing a monument, building a steam engine.

 In the early 20th Century, William Heard Kilpatrick expanded the project method into a philosophy of 

education. His device is child-centered and based on progressive education. Both approaches are used 

by teachers worldwide to this day.Unlike traditional education, proponents of the project method attempt 

to allow the student to solve problems with as little teacher direction as possible. The teacher is seen 

more as a facilitator than a delivery of knowledge and information.

Students in a project method environment should be allowed to explore and experience their

environment through their senses and, in a sense, direct their own learning by their individual interests. 

Very little is taught from textbooks and the emphasis is on experiential learning, rather than rote and 

memorization. A project method classroom focuses on democracy and collaboration to solve "purposeful"

 problems.

Kilpatrick devised four classes of projects for his method: construction (such as writing a play), enjoyment 

(such as experiencing a concert), a problem (for instance, discussing a complex social problem like 

poverty), and specific learning (learning of skills such as swimming).

What is Project teaching?

Project Based Learning is a teaching method in which students gain knowledge and skills 

by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an 

authentic, engaging and complex question, problem, or challenge.