Great Educators Overcome PBL Paralysis A bright, thoughtful teacher sits with her lesson plans, and she dreams of engaging her students in authentic, innovative learning. Her magnificent ideas come crashing down around her as the feigned fears associated with planning such an experience become overwhelming. We call this feeling: PBL Paralysis. Although the term project based learning (PBL) has circulated the education arena for decades, it has yet to breach into mainstream instructional practices. While there are undoubtedly some systemic factors that inhibit this forward motion, we have found countless educators hesitate to implement PBL due to causes of PBL Paralysis. In this session, we’ll address the elephants in the room by tackling the main obstacles (“Yes, but…”) we typically face when implementing project based learning.
