CATHOLIC EDUCATION DIOCESE OF PARRAMATTA

BUCK INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION

PBL WORLD AUSTRALIA

13-15 November

PARRAMATTA, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

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a worldwide group of educators who are focused on empowering 21st Century learners through Project Based Learning. your ideas for improving teaching and learning with Project Based Learning. best practices in project design, assessment and management, in workshops facilitated by world leaders in Project Based Learning.

VENUE: PARRAMATTA MARIST HIGH SCHOOL, WESTMEAD

Speakers

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Larry Rosenstock

Glen OGrady

John Mergendoller

Greg Whitby

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Lets be clear we are failing too many of our children. Were sending them out into a 21st century economy by sending them through the doors of 20th century schools.
- Barack Obama, in a speech at the Center for American Progress

Speakers
Larry Rosenstock is CEO and founding Principal of High Tech High, (a network of 11 K-12 public charter schools in California) and Dean of the High Tech High Graduate School of Education. Larry taught carpentry in urban high schools in Boston and Cambridge and was Principal of the Rindge School of Technical Arts and of the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School.
Larry Rosenstock

Glen OGrady joined the Australian National University(ANU) in the Centre of Higher Education, Learning and Teaching, as Deputy Director in July 2012. He was formerly the Director for the Centre for Educational Development at Republic Polytechnic, Singapore and led a problem based learning institute that facilitated the development of problem based learning throughout Asia.
Glen OGrady

John Mergendollers professional career has encompassed teaching, research, curriculum, pedagogical and professional development. He commenced his career teaching Music in rural Louisiana elementary schools as a VISTA volunteer. He subsequentially taught high school English at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, New Hampshire. John is now the Executive Director of the Buck Institute of Education (BIE).
John Mergendoller

Greg Whitby

Greg Whitby is widely acknowledged as an innovative educator who is passionate about ensuring that schooling meets the needs of todays learners. Over the past few decades, Greg has been rethinking the nature of learning and teaching in the Digital Age and the role of learning environments and technology in supporting new pedagogies. Greg is currently the Executive Director of schools in the Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta.

Nations around the world are reforming their school systems to support the more complex knowledge and skills needed in the 21st century, skills needed for framing problems, seeking and organising information and resources, and working strategically with others to manage and address dilemmas and create new products.
- Linda Darling-Hammond, Powerful Learning

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About PBL World Australia

PBL World Australia will bring together educators who understand that Project Based Learning is a key strategy for creating an effective and engaging 21st Century classroom that promotes students ability to master skills and content within the framework of the NSW Board of Studies Curriculum. This is a unique opportunity to participate in the Buck Institute for Educations (BIE) PBL 101 workshop. PBL 101 engages participants in learning the principles for designing, assessing, and managing outcomes-focused projects, as well as using performance assessment to judge the rigorous work generated by 21st century learners. Participants will work with other teachers within their stage and one of the BIEs national faculty to create customised plans for PBL implementation.

Key features of Project Based Learning

Project Based Learning gives an effective context for the implementation of the new national curriculum. School wide outcomes are developed that could be based around the General Capabilities for the new National Curriculum. Problematic knowledge, a key focus of new curriculum documents, is a key component of Project Based Learning. The elements on the outside of the hexagon are key features that Project Based Learning uses in order to engage students in significant content, with 21st Century Skills.

In-Depth Inquiry Public Audience Driving Question

Significant Content

Revision & Reflection

21st Century Skills

Need to Know

Voice & Choice

PBL in the news....

PBL is gaining international media attention as a teaching strategy that will engage 21st century learners in deeper learning of rigorous content. President Barack Obama visited Manor New Tech School in Austin Texas, in order to see how teachers were using Project Based Learning, particularly in the areas of Science, Technology, Maths and Engineering (STEM) to better prepare students for further education at university. Parramatta Marist was featured recently on the ABCs 7.30 report. The episode was titled Sydney school embracing a new teaching model and has received wide applause in education circles. The episode discussed the implementation of Project Based Learning at Parramatta Marist over the last five years and coincided with a visit by New Tech President, Lydia Dobyns, and Senior Director, Tim Presiado.

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Location: Parramatta Marist High School, 2 Darcy Road, Westmead 2145 Opposite Westmead Station and Hospitals

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