5.3. Project based learning in greece
In my country, Project Based Learning is considered to be a significant teaching method in different school ages.
During the last years, PBL is a key factor in curriculum and it is applied in five steps. First and foremost, teacher
creates an interactive environment by using technology, such as videos, CD-ROMs, Internet, TV and other
educational tools (Department for Education, 2013) in order to facilitate student’s’ “journey” to inquiry and
fulfillment of their “need to know”. Another step has to do with the same the inquiry and the research in relation
with the project assigned. Students learn to collect all the necessary data through the methods of keeping a journal,
video, recording, taking pictures, which in the end are evaluated. In addition, they cooperate and separate parts of the
project, while they exchange beliefs and ideas in order to find a solution to the problem. In the end, a presentation
takes place, while students could also use computers in favour of publishing, creating brochures, designing or
making anything that would assist project’s outcome