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 The
Objectives of Project Work
The Project work is an integrated learning experience that encourages
students to break away from the compartmentalisation of the different
disciplines. It aims to provide students with opportunities to explore
the inter-relationships and inter-connectedness of subject-specific
knowledge.
The objectives of PW are to allow students to:
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Apply creative and
critical thinking skills
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Develop a proto type or working model for the solution
of a real-time problem
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Improve practical working skills
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Foster collaborative learning skills
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Develop self-directed inquiry and life-long learning
skills
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THE DESIRED OUTCOMES OF EDUCATION.
Table: Key Features of Project-Work
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Key Features
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Description
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Interdisciplinary
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PW provides a
platform for students to apply the knowledge and skills acquired
from different subjects.
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Collaboration
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PW encourages
students to work in groups on a project task over an extended period
of time. They clarify the task, plan their work, share the
responsibilities and work towards the successful completion of the
project.
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Oral
Presentation
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PW provides
students with opportunities to present their findings orally with an
intended audience and purpose in mind.
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Process and
Product
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PW focuses on
both process and product. The process would include collaboration,
gathering and processing of information.The product may be in any of
the following forms: a working proto-type, model , a visual/graphic
presentation of the work.
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Just-in-time
Skills Instruction
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PW
builds in just-in-time skills instruction by teachers to enable
students to carry out their projects effectively.
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The Project work includes three elements: process, product
and oral classroom presentation
Process
This stage includes the working file. The
working file should include dated draft copies of pupils' work, a working
log, work schedules and resources accessed and used.
Product
This involves the actual design and development of the
end-product or project proto type.
Oral Classroom Presentation / Viva-Voce
Required components in the oral classroom presentations/
Reviews / Vivas for all levels include:
Background information on the topic
Findings and conclusions
Personal relevance
Presentation skills
Students are encouraged to use a variety of presentation
formats such as: a talk with visual aids, conducting a class activity,
incorporating music, showing a video, presenting a PowerPoint presentation,
creating a website.
The EEC Project Philosophy …
With greater emphasis on project work, students must learn
the skills of information gathering, data consolidation and analysis.
We believe students should be able to show at the end of the
project – a working proto-type of the project model that is practically constructed
by them. Implementation of this practical work would sharpen their
engineering skills - the ability to think logically and critically, to solve a
real-time practical problem in industry or society.
It is not so much as to how information is gathered but how
they are evaluated,used and presented.
EEC strongly believes that the student's projects be on a
subject from the curriculum that interests the student interest most.
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