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
Recommended Citation
Wang, Ying, "How Could I Create A Project Based Learning Unit To Help Third Grade Students Develop 21st Century Skills In A Chinese Immersion School" (2017). School of Education and Leadership Student Capstone Projects. 37.
https://digitalcommons.hamline.edu/hse_cp/37
Type
text
Publisher
Hamline University
Format
application/pdf
Source
School of Education Student Capstone Theses and Dissertations at Hamline University