TIIP Team Davis Project-Based Resources and Inspirations
This page includes materials from conferences and books that influenced our TIIP team's primary research, as well as resources we collected from Project-Based businesses and schools.
Resources and Inspiration for Our TIIP Project
Throughout the process of our TIIP grant we collected, developed, and reflected on a variety of resources. One lesson we learned was that the process of creating resources is evolutionary: we begin with an idea, but as we viewed more study sites and put our resources into practice, many of them went through multiple revisions. For example, our project rubric has been in the making for at least four years, with at least three major revisions. We believe that this process of reflecting, refining, and tweaking is integral to the project process. It is imperative that resources reflect the current mission of the school and the reality of the professional world.
Inspirations:
- The Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell.
- The Element by Ken Robinson.
- Project ECHO, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Resources Developed by Our Team:
- Project Rubric: used to assess student-developed work in the 10th and 11th grade.
- Senior Thesis Proposal format: used to help 11th grade students propose a year long, authentic project for senior year.
- Senior Thesis In-Progress Rubric: used to assess projects mid-year to help students move forward and complete their capstone project.
- Senior Thesis Rubric: used to give a final assessment of the Senior Thesis project.
- Autobiographical Project requirements: this format is used to guide students in creating their narrative projects that begin in 9th grade and are completed with a 100 page autobiography and a creative product in the 12th grade.
Resources Collected from and Suggested by TIIP Study Sites and Other Big Picture Schools:
- Learning Plan Format from CART, the Center for Advanced Research and Technology in Clovis, CA
- The Learning Goals: How to incorporate depth in content in project work, Big Picture Schools.
- The 5 A's of Learning: How to ensure students' projects are well-rounded and authentic, Big Picture Schools.
- The Art of Innovation: Suggested to us by MetEast High School and Smart Design.
- Shop Class as Soulcraft: Recommended by Arup
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's "Economic Survey of the United States 2012": Recommended by Arup.
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