Glossary "Project-Bsed Learning"

Creativity is the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality.

Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally about what to do or what to believe.

Cross-cultural understanding simply refers to the basic ability of people to recognize, interpret and correctly react to people, incidences or situations that are open to misunderstanding due to cultural differences.

Interdisciplinary activity is the students’ actions for their learning which have got integration between the disciplines of a cross-curricular plan.

Long-term activity is the students’ actions in their learning which have to be done for a long period.

Project-based Learning (PBL) is a model for classroom activity that shifts away from the usual classroom practices of short, isolated, teacher-centred lessons.

Project-based learning activities are long-term, interdisciplinary, student-centred, and integrated with real-world issues and practices.

Student-centred activity is the way of teaching and learning where a student is the main part of the process (his personal features).

Technology is the set of knowledge, skills, experience and techniques through which humans change, transform and use our environment in order to create tools, machines, products and services that meet our needs and desires. 

The 21st Century Skills are the list of desired students’ skills which were made by Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS). They are personal and social responsibility, planning, critical thinking, reasoning, and creativity, strong communication skills, both for interpersonal and presentation needs, cross-cultural understanding, visualizing and decision-making, knowing how and when to use technology and choosing the most appropriate tool for the task

Visualizing is the representation of an object, situation, or set of information as a chart or other image.