Project-based learning’s effect on the development of students’ skills in the first grade of Senior High School.

Abstract

The contribution of project based-learning as an assessment tool for the development of students’’ skills in the first grade of Senior High  School is essential.  This study aimed to investigate the attitude of teachers' towards the use of the project in the educational process. The participants were secondary teachers from two school environments (one standard provincial and one exemplified High School in an urban area. The research questions were structured through observation (participant and non-participant) and were examined through ten semi-structured interviews with the teachers mentioned above. The research’s empirical findings point out the positive attitude of the sampled teachers concerning the project in the school environment which connected with the positive meaning of the method, the upgrading of the educational process, the connection between the project and philological subjects, the connection between the project and modern Greek, the implementation of the project, the comparison between project and traditional teaching, the expectations about project and the skills which are fostered through the project. 

Keywords: Assessment tool; education; Project; Skills;  Teacher