Bruner Scheets Ch 11 RR

Bringing It Home 

At the end of project it is important to not just stop, but figure out ways to reflect and expand on your project, leading to another one. As a teacher, it is vital to look back on the project and see what was successful and what might need some more work. You can take those successful parts and use them to lead into the next project and definitely use them for the next year!

With your planning team, you should critique yourself. Look at the evidence of student understanding and how it has taught not only your students, but yourself as well. If the project worked well, share it with others! Find different ways to share with other teachers, parents, and the community. By posting your project on the web you are allowing easy access to all of the data and planning that you did, helping other teachers educate through project based learning.

Finally, it is important to always enjoy the journey. Think about how far you have come as a teacher and where are going to go next. Each project and each class makes you a better teacher. Notice your growth and the impact that you have on the students.

For our project, this is an important step that I think I could forget to do. I would be so focused on making sure the students enjoy the project and are learning, that I would forget to reflect for myself and see the positives and negatives of what I was doing. By doing this at the end of our project, we can see what works and what doesn't and improve as teachers.