Project-Based Learning Across the Disciplines
Plan, Manage, and Assess Through +1 Pedagogy
- Acacia M. Warren - Educational Consultant
Foreword by Maria G. Ott
A turnkey and cost-effective PBL framework that is highly recommended!
Are you tired of complex and costly PBL models that fall short of your instructional goals? The +1Pedagogy™ framework is a fresh new approach to project-based learning that helps you support students’ academic, literacy, and life goals. You’ll learn to easily blend theory and practice, core standards, 21st Century Skills, and technology for a comprehensive – and unforgettable - learning experience.
K-12 educators, coaches and administrators will learn to:
- Stimulate students’ interest across disciplines
- Implement a turnkey, interdisciplinary framework
- Immerse students in authentic inquiry and real-world application
- Integrate college and career readiness and digital technology
The book includes 9 sample units with interdisciplinary features and more than 30 helpful templates. Accelerate achievement with this inspiring and informative guide!
"I have no doubt that Dr. Warren's comprehensive, highly-readable, and excellent book will be a standard and sought-after resource for any teacher who strives to implement rigorous, exciting, and real-world project-based learning in their classroom."Elisa Salasin, Program Director of Developmental Teacher Education
University of California, Berkeley
"What a rich resource and blueprint to guide and support reluctant educators! This work will bring many stuck learning environments into the 21st century."
Kendra Wallace, Principal
The Joseph Sears School, Kenilworth, IL
Dr. Warren’s framework will impact the learning of students and allow for creativity to blossom and ownership to be assumed by supporting both the educator and the learner."
Deborah Hamm, Superintendent of Schools
Newton USD, Newton, KS
"As a student I always ask the question, Why? Why is this assignment important, how will it benefit me, and how do I successfully complete it? The guided presentation and templates demonstrated in the book help me to understand the purpose of a project and eliminate confusion. I know exactly what to research and how to complete the study. If more teachers used this method it would help students achieve a good grade more efficiently. I need to be challenged and prepared for college level work, and this method will help me reach that goal."
"This is a well-researched and thoroughly written guide for implementing +1 Pedagogy. Dr. Warren includes step-by-step guidelines, templates, guiding questions, and other resources that provide teachers with the necessary tools to carry out the +1 Pedagogy with success. Additionally, her clearly written text and examples make this book a valuable resource. With the guidance of this book, I can see myself bringing +1 Pedagogy to my classroom."
"Acacia Warren has written an exceptional piece that will improve teaching and the lives of all students. She has been a thoughtful practitioner throughout her career and her research insures more rigorous classrooms for the future. Using research, best practice, and a theoretical framework around learning theory, she has provided the pathway for teachers so that they can create not only powerful learning experiences for them but guarantee that they are prepared for the 21st century. Dr. Warren's clear guidelines to create a new pedagogy will inform the field for years to come."
"THIS is what I've been waitng for. With +1 Pedagogy, Dr. Warren lays out so clearly a framework for teaching in the 21st century classroom. It is an elevated level of teaching and learning to which I aspire as a teacher, and it is exactly how I want my own children to learn."
"An effective mathematics program requires students to collaboratively
engage in making sense and reasoning about meaningful mathematics
through real world contexts. Although the enormous challenge of
connecting mathematics to authentic 21st century experiences can become a
reality through project-based learning, many math teachers have yet to
embrace this approach because it can be difficult to implement. Dr.
Warren’s book on +1 Pedagogy provides an invaluable framework and
practical resources that address PBL management and organization,
technology implementation, and the Mathematical Practices through
incorporating high cognitively demanding tasks. Mathematics teachers and
leaders looking to achieve effective and relevant math instruction should
make +1 Pedagogy a key part of their daily planning."