Project-Based Learning (PBL)

Pedagogy & Learning

Learning organised around extended, real-world projects through which students build knowledge and skills.

Project-Based Learning (PBL) is learning organised around extended, real-world projects through which students build knowledge and skills.

Related Terms
Experiential Learning
A pedagogy in which students learn through direct experience and structured reflection rather than passive reception of information.
Capstone Project
A culminating project that demonstrates a student's cumulative learning at the end of a program.
Inquiry-Based Learning
Teaching driven by student questions, investigation and discovery rather than direct transmission of facts.
Adaptive Learning
Technology that adjusts content, pace and difficulty in real time based on each learner's performance.
Andragogy
The theory and practice of teaching adults, as distinct from pedagogy for children.