Authenticity and Teacher’s Role in Project Based Learning

Abstract

Project based learning (PBL) is a student-centered teaching method that involves a dynamic classroom approach in which students gain knowledge and skills to explore and respond to an authentic and engaging problem or challenge. PBL focuses on different real-world subject matters that can sustain the interest of students, require student collaboration and autonomy, and at the same time, accommodate a purposeful and explicit focus on form and other aspects of language.

The present article focuses on the teacher’s role in project based learning as well as the importance of authenticity in designing a project.