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When developing this project, my first observation with regard to TPACK was that within the area of World History surface-level content knowledge was over emphasized. This became part of the identified problem that needed to be addressed as the basis for my project. To develop deeper knowledge, a different method of teaching needed to be used. My research began by developing an understanding of how our brains create understanding and what drives us to pursue learning. With regard to creating deep understanding, our brains must connect new information to already established knowledge. This process not only requires the learner to understand the new input, but it also requires them to understand the connection/relationship between that new input and the knowledge that is already cemented in their brains. This is an active process.
When researching what drives people to pursue learning, my findings yielded results that correlated with my previous research on deep understanding. When humans are active participants, collaborators, and decision makers in their learning experience, their self motivation and feeling of ownership over their education increases. This is defined as self-agency. Developing depth of knowledge and increasing student agency became the goals of this project. The next step was to establish a pedagogical method to pursue those goals. The student-centered, inquiry based method of Project based Learning was decided as the approach to address the driving problem and desired goals. PBL is a methodology that allows for exploration and choice, while emphasizing collaboration and creativity. PBL teaches content through the creation of a project. As students pursue incremental goals within the project, they are using content as the medium to achieve their goals. Because students are required to interact with content, they are making connections that may not have been made through direct instruction. PBL also allows for the seamless integration of technology as it is used as the structural tools around which students complete their projects. |
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