Integrating Project-Based Learning in K-12 Classrooms to Develop Civic Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions

For middle and high school teachers, this course will support you in helping students strengthen the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed for civic participation and to understand their roles and responsibilities in sustaining a constitutional democracy. For teachers of younger students, this course will allow you to cultivate foundations to help young people become engaged and connected community members guided by core civic values and abilities.

We’ll draw from examples of student work to support you in planning and carrying out project-based learning to support the development of students’ civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions in your local context. If you are new to project-based learning or are seeking guidance about how to further embed it into your classroom, this course is designed to support you in applying the project-based learning processes and principles to support students in exploring and taking action on local issues.