4. Conclusion
There are a lot of advantages and disatvantages of project-based teaching. Our finding is that the advantages
of this type of instruction are the activity of students and a chance to solve interdisciplinary problems. The
activities can be done outside the school environment. Projects lead to teamwork, students learn to work as
researchers, with various tools, technologies and materials. New teams can be created not only from students in
one classroom but all over the school. Students have a chance to present their work. We found some disadvantages
too—teachers are not able and willing to prepare interdisciplinary projects and collaborate. On the other hand, a
lot of project days are organised at schools according to the new educational program (it is one of the compulsory
outcomes). It is more difficult to evaluate the work of the individual member of the team. More time is necessary
to study a problem by project based teaching. A presentation of the project is necessary. Nowadays the greatest
advantage of projects is the ability to study problems that are not included in school textbooks, problems of
modern science, presentations of recent research discoveries in science can be done. At our department we
struggle to prepare various types of projects that will be included in modules. Undergraduate students take part in
these activities—their diploma thesis are often completed by examples of projects.
Project—the basic steps to prepare and realize project work can be pointed out:
(1) Preparatory work;
(2) Background reading;
(3) Literatury search;
(4) Realisation;
(5) Report;
(6) Presentation;
(7) Discussions;
(8) Conclusions.
Project-based teaching and learning can be a part of our motivation activities. It can be shown that Physics is
irreplaceable for the progress of our society, because modern technology involves physics, learning physics leeds
to the development of thinking skills and understanding the other science. The future employment market will
request people with skills that can be developed only in natural science. Physics is the basis for all types of
analytical and measuring systems. In the next year an entire instructional material about project-based teaching
and learning in physics with projects’ manuals will be prepared.