Term

Summer 2017

Capstone

Capstone Project

Degree Name

MAEd

Facilitator(s)

Maggie Struck

Content Expert

Xiaomin Liu

Abstract

The research question addressed in this project was, how could I create a project based learning unit to help third grade students develop 21st Century Skills in a Chinese immersion school? The purpose of this project is to help Chinese immersion teachers with a guidance in designing and implementing project based learning (PBL) instead of starting from scratch. The capstone provides a definition, benefits, challenges of project based learning, and the importance of integrating 21st century skills into project based learning. The author documented the process of creating a project based learning unit on social studies for third grade classroom. She explained the limitations and implication of creating her project based learning unit, and concluded the importance of the problem of PBL and driving questions. She also explained how her unit matched 21st century skills in critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration. The capstone project worked on filling the gaps of integrating project based learning unit at elementary level in Chinese immersion schools

Project Type

Curriculum

Keywords

Curriculum, Foreign Language, Project Based Learning

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text

dc_publisher

DigitalCommons@Hamline

dc_format

application/pdf

dc_source

School of Education Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations

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Education Commons

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