Excerpt from The Project Method of Teaching
This book is devoted mainly to a critical discussion of the project method of teaching. The term "project" has only recently made its appearance in educational terminology, but the idea back of the project is not new. It is quite probable that skillful teachers have always used the essential features of the project method.
A survey of modern teaching methods in engineering, law, medicine, agriculture, as well as in the prescribed subjects of the school curriculum, shows that much effort is being expended to bridge the chasm between school tasks and activities outside the school. In other words, the project idea, as defined by the author, is attempted to some extent in all these fields.
The project idea aims to present problems in situations not essentially different from those of life and to develop the technique of carrying the solution of these problems to completion.
While the primary purpose of this study is to define the project and to discuss the project method from a critical point of view, it has seemed advisable, since method is so closely tied up with curriculum organization, to discuss the reorganization of the curriculum on the project basis.
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