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Define a project

      

Define a project

  

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A project is a teaching method which stresses the need for learners to interact freely with their surrounding environment to glean the rich education that abounds it, preferably working in groups.
It can be defined in various ways;
- An American known as John Dewey defined project as the co operation study of real life situation(s) by a learner, a class or the whole school, usually under the expert guidance of a teacher.
- It is a unit of activity carried out by learners in a natural life- like manner and in a spirit of purpose to accomplish a definite attractive and seemingly attainable goal.
The project is essentially a learning unit and is carried out or designed by learners under the guidance of a teacher. This method of teaching is one of the most effective ways of arousing interest of learners.
It allows the learners more freedom to investigate and gather data and in some ways resembles other methods of teaching. It has a strong element of discovery, training and learning by ways of motivating learners who will enjoy finding things out for themselves. The method is essential as it develops a learner centered learning situation.

Titany answered the question on September 15, 2021 at 08:48


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