Creating and Using Problem-Based Learning in a TVET Classroom
1. Conference of Vocational Training:
Advanced Models on Training,
Business & Governance for the VTC
Dr. Leigh E. Zeitz
Instructional Technology
University of Northern Iowa
Workshop
2. Turn to your neighbor
Describe a favorite lesson:
You teach in school
You taught in school
You took in school
Why is/was it your favorite?
4. “The study of technologies & related
sciences, and the acquisition of practical skills,
attitudes, understanding and knowledge
relating to occupants in various sectors of
economic and social life.”
UNESCO, 2001
5. “The study of technologies & related sciences,
and the acquisition of practical skills,
attitudes, understanding and knowledge
relating to occupants in various sectors of
economic and social life.”
UNESCO, 2001
6. Teaches technical skills.
Completed individually.
Preset directions.
Taught sequentially.
Teacher grades product.
All end products are the
same.
7. Problem Solving
Decision-Making
Communication
Oral & Written
Collaboration: Teams
Business Analysis
Project Leadership
Ethics & Tolerance
Functional Area Knowledge
Luftman: Society for Information Management (2007)
8. Problem Solving
Critical Thinking
Communication
Collaboration
Creativity
Innovation
9. Problem Solving
Decision-Making
Communication
Oral & Written
Collaboration: Teams
Business Analysis
Project Leadership
Ethics & Tolerance
Functional Area Knowledge
Luftman: Society for Information Management (2007)
10. Learning is an ACTIVE SOCIAL process.
Acting on new information connects it to
existing knowledge.
Listening to lectures is a PASSIVE
INDIVIDUAL process.
Skill-based projects are ACTIVE INDIVIDUAL
Empowerment arises from being involved.
11. Student-Centered
Collaborative Learning
Educator/Student Partners
Construction of Learning
Meaningful Assessment in
a Real World Context
12. Challenging questions
Complex tasks
Interdisciplinary
Involves:
Problem solving
Decision making
Investigative skills
Reflection
Teacher facilitation – NOT direction
No correct answer, only effective ones.
13.
14. Complex and Adaptive
Craves Challenge
Searches for Meaning
Meaning through Patterns
Developmental & Social
Inhibited by Threat
Each Brain is Unique (Caine, 1994)
15. Orchestrated Immersion
Complex, interactive
experiences
Relaxed Alertness
Safe and highly-challenging
environment
Active Processing
internalize info by actively
processing it
16. Important Topic
Essential Question
Design a Plan
Create a Schedule
Monitor Progress
Feedback and Revision
Assess the Outcome
External Presentation
17. Develop a marketable product
Develop an idea
Identify consumers
Industrial materials
Marketing techniques
Manufacturing practice
Working Personnel
Cost & Process analysis
Process analysis
Purdue University, Indiana
18. Important Topic:
Making TVET more relevant through Active
Learning
Driving Question:
How can you convert/create a lesson that uses
Problem-Based Learning in TVET?
19. Provocative
Challenging
Arises from Real Life
Open-Ended
Aligns with Standards and Frameworks
Example:
How can we make TVET more problem-driven?
20. Name Standards to be used
Identify specific outcomes to be
addressed
Identify actions that will demonstrate
these outcomes.
21. Assessment
What outcomes will you assess?
Culminating Project (Groups & Individual)
Content Knowledge
21st Century Skills
How will you assess these outcomes?
Rubrics
Reflections
22. Launch Event
Set the stage
Get students excited
Build the Excitement
List activities for the project (page 3)
Benchmarks for activities (page 4)
Create a basic schedule
Share with students
23. What will you need?
People
Facilities
Equipment
Materials
Community Resources
Time
24. How to share the projects
Share with an authentic audience
Provide support to students for demonstration.
How did the project go?
Final projects?
Student perception?
Instructor perception?
Standards addressed?
Notes de l'éditeur
Today we will explore how to ensure that all of these can be included in TVET experiences.
Discuss with your neighbor how this fits into what you have in your school.