THE POWER OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL: PROJECT-BASED LEARNING WITH A CRITICAL TWIST
In Project-Based Learning, students engage in the exploration of a problem and, guided by a meaningful question, they set out together to design or create a final product (Larmer & Mergendoller, 2010). As can be seen, collaboration plays a central role within the PBL framework, thus the need for an “all-for-one-and-one-for-all” approach. In this presentation we will first discuss the seven essential elements of project design: a challenging problem or question, sustained inquiry, authenticity, student voice & choice, reflection, critique & revision, and public product. Then, we will provide examples of projects which can be carried out by young learners, teenagers and adults in the context of an EFL class.
Mariano Quinterno
Mariano is a graduate teacher of English from Instituto Superior del Profesorado “Dr. Joaquín V. González”. He has also done a post-graduate course in Education at Universidad Nacional de Quilmes. He holds an M.A. in Applied Linguistics to the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language, Universidad de Jaén, Spain. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Education (Programa Interuniversitario de Doctorado, UNTREF, UNLa, UNSAM). He is a lecturer in Language II and III at Instituto Nacional Superior del Profesorado Técnico, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. He teaches American Literature at Instituto Superior del Profesorado “Dr. Joaquin V. Gonzalez.” He is a tenured teacher at Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires. He has co-authored the book Construyendo puentes hacia otras lenguas: reflexiones sobre la enseñanza de lenguas extranjeras en la escuela media (La Crujía, 2009). He has lectured on ELT methodology in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Perú, Paraguay and Uruguay.