Project-Based Learning in Practice

Project-Based Learning (PBL) turns curriculum content into meaningful, student-driven work. In this hands-on course you will experience a complete PBL cycle yourself: from a driving question and project launch to milestones, feedback loops and a public product. We look at how Italian and Nordic schools organise PBL within a normal timetable, how to keep projects rigorous, and how to assess both content and 21st-century skills. You will leave with a fully planned project for your own class, ready-to-use planning templates and a network of colleagues from across Europe. Suitable for primary and secondary teachers of all subjects; no previous PBL experience required.

Participants will be able to plan a standards-aligned PBL unit with a driving question, milestones, formative checkpoints and a final product, and to assess it with clear rubrics. They will also be able to argue for PBL in their own school and adapt it to their national curriculum.

Methods: experiential learning, design sprint in small international teams, gallery walks, peer critique, structured reflection and a school visit. Assessment: daily exit tickets, peer feedback on project drafts using rubrics, final presentation of the participant's own project plan on the last day, self-assessment against the course objectives.

Printed and digital course handbook, PBL planning templates (Word/Google Docs), rubric bank, example projects from partner schools, Padlet course board, curated reading list. Participants bring their own laptop or tablet.

25 hours of training, course materials, certificate of attendance, Europass Mobility and Learning Agreement support, pre-departure info pack, welcome get-together, guided walking tour of Florence, coffee breaks, 24/7 emergency contact during the course week.