What if the primary goal of PBL or GBL for that matter wasn’t
improved academic performance? What if I’m yelling about them
because they are essential components of experience, but have
been removed by small minds who find thinking somewhat
challenging? Well, they are not completely banned, they have
just been reduced or rebadged to make them easier to deal with.
For example, school camps and college field trips are allowed,
as is a weekly dose of competitive gaming outside in shorts. How
did these things sneak inside the hallowed halls of academic
improvement. They didn’t, the improved academic performance line
is simply a an effective way to avoid improved academic
performance improvement. It’s sort of brilliant. Like using the
weight of the attacker against themselves to win. What people
actually want is stable academic results which show
organisational improvement over time, thus reflecting the
billiance of those who are running it all. Has nothing to do
with well-being, social inclusion, self-efficacy an