Practice 5: Project work.

Hey guys! We half way on our practices! And I have to say that this one is may favourite as we got to use our imagination and create our very own project work. Here is an esqueme we used to guide us through.

It is set out to make us be creative and come up with our very own project work for a class. It teaches us how to go through step by step on a series of questions in order for us to have a clear and complete idea of the project that is going to be executed.

The preliminary idea that I had about this topic was the definition of project work. Project work is a series of activities that allows the students to study, do research and act by themselves using their abilities, interests, personal experience and aptitudes. The students can work alone or with a group according to the project scope and difficulty.

We have designed a project for 6th grade based on the multicultural reality that are found nowadays in classrooms. Presently, we find children who come from different nationalities in the same classroom, so we thought that it would be very interesting to develop an activity  in the subject of Social Sciences to learn more about the different cultures and countries all over the world. Furthermore, students will learn new vocabulary, customs and different ways of life. In this way, they gain a deeper knowledge of reality from a comprehensive perspective by manipulating objects and learning procedures that help them to organise, understand and assimilate information. In this project we have learned how to create a project work, how to put ourselves in the position of both the teacher and the students, we have learned after discussing various ideas that there are many exciting project works that are also very important for students to accept. It has also learned, by the questions planted, everything that needs to be taken into consideration when completing a project work and the outcomes and advantages that come from this.
The hardest part for us to learn was finding its disadvantages. This is something we need to work on as when we do projects we are only capable of thinking of the positives but never the negatives. This is something we need to work on. In the end we found many disadvantages. Students may e nervous to work in a group of people who aren't necessarily their friends. Another aspect that can complicate things is the fact that some students may have extracurricular activities. This means that their amount of free time that could be used to complete their project is now minimized. Finally, the individuality and creativity of a student can be lost due to the overrule of the other participants. Katie Tonarely wrote a website which talks abut the advantages and disadvantages of a project work in schools. When we had to answer the questions it was from our point of view. These we presume come from someone who knows about this topic therefore reading this article was very useful to have a proper answer for my future job. Tonarely, K. (s.f.). Advantages and disadvantages of project work. Recuperado de https://classroom.synonym.com/advantages-disadvantages-classroom-projects-7933801.html
The knowledge I can generate is an example of how a certain school elaborates a project work. Duke school shows us the preliminary planning, how to begin a project, develop a project and how to conclude it. It is similar to our project but without examples. Having said this, it is very detailed on how they develop a project work. project work. (s.f.). Recuperado de https://www.dukeschool.org/learn/project-work References: Tonarely, K. (s.f.). Advantages and disadvantages of project work. Recuperado de https://classroom.synonym.com/advantages-disadvantages-classroom-projects-7933801.html project work. (s.f.). Recuperado de https://www.dukeschool.org/learn/project-work