{"id":28773,"date":"2024-03-12T16:44:07","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T22:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-project-based-learning-exhibition-scheduled-for-april\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T00:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:39:38","slug":"mancos-project-based-learning-exhibition-scheduled-for-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-project-based-learning-exhibition-scheduled-for-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Mancos project-based learning exhibition scheduled for April"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fourth grade Mancos students conduct experiments with electricity Tuesday.<\/span>Kala Parkinson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

The Mancos RE-6 school district will host a spring exhibition to showcase its students\u2019 project-based learning projects, products and presentations from the second semester of the school year on April 26 in the Performing Arts Center. The time is still to be determined.<\/p>\n

This exhibition, according to Mancos PBL director and Instructional coach Adyan Farrar, will be held in partnership with the school\u2019s winter 2023 celebration of learning, which was held in December.<\/p>\n

Students from all grades will be part of the exhibition.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe exhibitions are a time when our entire campus comes together to highlight our shared commitment to providing students with an engaging high-quality education,\u201d Farrar said.<\/p>\n

Mancos schools\u2019 project-based learning system is \u201cfounded on the principle that we learn better when we are engaged in challenging, real-world activities in which we have a choice and a voice, when we are given chances to seek out and use constructive feedback, when we revise our thinking and reflect on our learning and when we are able to make our work public,\u201d Farrar said. \u201cWith these core principles in mind, PBL products are intended to be authentic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Farrar compared a \u201cdessert\u201d project with. a \u201cmeal\u201d project. Dessert projects may be cute, fluffy and fun, but students don\u2019t learn valuable skills by making a dessert project.<\/p>\n

A meal project takes hard work, dedication and application, and students learn values and information they will take with them. PBL aims to help students create meal projects over dessert.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we continue to grow in our PBL practices, we are working toward the students using their own voices to speak to their audience,\u201d Farrar said.<\/p>\n

Right now, the exhibition is mostly teacher-driven, but the district aims to build on student participation and projects in coming years.<\/p>\n

Next year, the goal is to continue the Exhibitions as a showcase of what teachers and students are doing across the campus, while also having smaller content or grade-specific student presentations,\u201d Farrar said.<\/p>\n

People who attend the exhibition can see student projects in various stages of completion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe hope is that, through the exhibition, our community can get a sense of what students do when they are in the center of their own learning,\u201d Farrar said. \u201dWe had great parent and community turnout for last December\u2019s celebration, and we are hoping for an even bigger crowd this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s exhibition will be held the day of the Mancos High School track meet, and the district hopes for crossover traffic from the two events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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