School by projects

Have you ever heard before about the methodology named as "school by projects" or "Educación por proyectos"?😮

It's a methodology that took place many years ago, but it has not been until 2016 when it has resurfaced and become fashionable, after all the educational reforms. But, what does it consist of?

The main difference according to the traditional methodology is that all the curricular contents of each subject are related to each other. For instance, at the beginning of the course or each semester, involving all the classes, teachers will teach in accordance with one topic, which is chosen by the teachers and the management team.

In relation, we find some schools in Spain (Málaga or the one to which belongs the professor of Barcelona who gave us a lecture) that works with this methodology, and it seems that their results are not bad for what is expected of a school that follows another methodology than the one we are accustomed to.

By this reason, we should organize the subjects in a way in which all of them are connected to each other, but we first need to work in a cooperative perspective, so that every teacher collaborates to get the best results by this new technic.

As the teacher from Barcelona said, we have to travel on the map of knowledge, by asking the students questions that make them reflect on them, knowing the main interests of each student through their exhibitions or starting conversations or debates related to some recent news. And always, trying to associate these activities with the units.