Sustainable Project-Based Learning

This essential guide shares a five-step process for designing, implementing, and assessing sustainable project-based learning (SPBL) units while ensuring students gain surface-, deep-, and transfer-level knowledge. Brad Sever draws from his daily work as a practitioner to deliver practical strategies for creating meaningful learning experiences that join academic growth with social-emotional skill development—all supported by the power of professional learning communities.

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Introduction

Part The What and Why of Sustainable Project-Based Learning

Chapter 1: Defining Sustainable Project-Based Learning

Chapter 2: Reviewing the Seven PBL Design Elements

Chapter 3: Maintaining a Sustainable Relationship With Project-Based Learning

Chapter 4: Integrating Social and Emotional Learning Into SPBL Units

Part The How of Sustainable Project-Based Learning

Chapter 5: Step 1 Planning the SBPL Unit

Chapter 6: Step 2 Developing SPBL Assessments

Chapter 7: Step 3 Establishing a Clear Goal for Student Learning

Chapter 8: Step 4 Conducting Teacher Action Research

Chapter 9: Step 5 Reflecting, Refining, and Celebrating

Chapter 10: Transferring Learning Through Three Simultaneous Experiences

Appendix Glossary of Key Terms

Appendix Protocol Library

Appendix Example SPBL Unit Plans

References and Resources

Index