Stephen Downes

It should be evident that subject-based teaching and project-based learning conflict with each other. "subjects or disciplines have their own agenda... [and] the retention of subject boundaries will inevitably compromise the design of authentic problems for PBL." So write Kelvin Tan and Cynthia Lim Ai Ming as they are for a subject-free approach to learning. They further argue against the imposition of group learning in a problem-based setting. "The worry is that too much time and energy is spent on resolving individual differences within a group, rather than tapping on the different strengths of individual members for learning." Teachers, schools: these too get in the way of learning. Good, hard-edged discussion that should be taken seriously. PDF. Via Waraku Education.