The project method is a mode of instruction introduced in the eighteenth century into European schools of architecture and engineering, where graduating students applied the skills and knowledge from their studies to real problems of their trade, such as designing a monument or building a steam engine. In the early twentieth century, William Heard Kilpatrick expanded the project method into a broader, child-centered philosophy of education rooted in progressive education, in which the student is meant to solve problems with as little teacher direction as possible and the teacher acts more as a facilitator than as a deliverer of knowledge. Kilpatrick divided projects into four classes, construction, such as writing a play, enjoyment, such as experiencing a concert, problem, such as discussing a complex social issue like poverty, and specific learning, such as acquiring a skill like swimming, with the method emphasizing experiential learning and collaborative, purposeful problem solving over rote memorization. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Core ClaimThe project method is a medium of instruction which was introduced during the 18th century into the schools of architecture and engineering in Europe when graduating students had to apply the skills and knowledge they had learned in the course of their studies to problems they had to solve as practicians of their trade. 1 FAQs
Is the project method the same thing as Kilpatrick's project method?
The method predates Kilpatrick; he expanded it into a child-centered philosophy of education.
Not entirely. The project method began in the eighteenth century in European schools of architecture and engineering, where graduating students applied what they had learned to problems they would face in their trade, such as designing a monument or building a steam engine. In the early twentieth century William Heard Kilpatrick expanded it into a broader, child-centered philosophy of education based in progressive education. Both approaches are still used by teachers worldwide.
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Kilpatrick, William Heard (1918). The Project Method. Teachers College Record.
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The project method is a medium of instruction which was introduced during the 18th century into the schools of architecture and engineering in Europe when graduating students had to apply the skills and knowledge they had learned in the course of their studies to problems they had to solve as practicians of their trade, for example, designing a monument, building a steam engine.
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