CHAPTER 13“BUT I ALREADY DO THIS”
While being taught the fundamentals of the Design-Based Learning methodology in the five-day Summer Institute for K–12 teachers at ArtCenter, high school Math instructor Bharat Parekh said “But, I already do this,” referring to his practice of sustaining student engagement through projects; still, he enrolled in the master's program at Cal Poly to deepen his understanding of the Design-Based Learning methodology and its use of academic “play.”
Bharat candidly admitted that he had come to Design-Based Learning assuming that he knew what the methodology was all about. It was thanks to the support and patience of his cohort group and instructors, he said, that he stayed with the program, learned the difference ...
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