A CONSIDERATION OF PROJECT-BASED LEARNING: EXPLORING ITS POTENTIAL, EFFECTS, CHALLENGES, AND BEST PRACTICES

Takaaki Fujita

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Recently, Project based Learning has garnered significant attention as a pedagogical approach. This paper aims to scrutinize and examine the advantages and impediments of Project based Learning from diverse standpoints. It intends to investigate and analyze the benefits and challenges of this educational method, while also considering related concepts such as Problem solving Based Learning.

 

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project based learning, problem solving based learning, educational method

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