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APPLICATION OF PROJECT BASED LEARNING IN TECHNICAL TEACHER

TRAINING A T UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY - THAI NGUYE N UNIVERSITY

Truong Thi Thu Huong*, Truong Tuan Anh

University ofTechnology- TNU

SUMMARY

Project - based leaming is a form of leaching with highly both collaborative and practical

characteristics. This teaching form creates a strong connection between dieory and practice,

thinking and acting, individual and collective, school and society. Thus, it promotes high levels of

poshive, proactive, cooperative and creative learners. This form of leaching has existed for so long

in the world. However, the introduction of project based leaming to teaching al universities in

Vietnam as well as at technical teacher training muversities is facing many difficulties and the

teaching and leaming results are sUU limited. This article will present some of basic issues of

project - based leaming and some solutions to apply smoothly and efficiently this teachmg form in

training of technical teachersat University of Technology —Thai Nguyen University.

Keywords: Project, teaching, form of teaching, technical teacher, project based learning

INTRODUCTION

Project-based learning (PBL) is a type of

teaching that duects students to the

acquisition of knowledge and the formation of

skills by the solving process a case sludy, or a

project [1]. PBL plays an important role in

making learners excited, active, proactive,

creative in learning, and promotes

collaboration between teachers and learners,

between learners and learners.

University of Technology ThaiNguyen

University '(TNU) is training four majors

including the engineering, electrical,

computer science teacher education. After

graduating, students must face many

challenges to develop their careers at

technical universities, colleges and vocational

schools. They must have good knowledge and

skills to participate in the integrated teaching

process. They must have both - extensive

theoretical knowledge, strong teclinical skills

and good education skills to take the task of

vocational education and training and develop

theu careers.

In training process, if we only focus to use the

traditional teaching methods such as

presentation, conversation, visualization; use

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the simple teaching facilities such as the

projectors and chalkboards; use mainly the

traditional methodology such as the unit -

class,.., maybe the graduators will only good at

theory, but will not easy to meet the

recruitment requirements of the technical

universities, colleges, vocational schools and

develope their careers in the fiilure - and PBL

is one of the effective solutions. However, the

application of the PBL in the education process

al University of Technology TNU has

encountered many barriers from lecturers,

students and teaching conditions... So the PBL

is hardly applied and the results are limited.

Therefore, the research to improve the

utilization and the effective using of PBL to

enhance the efficiency of technical leacher

training process at University ofTechnology -

TNU is a necessity and meaning work.

THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF PBL

Project and project based learning

A project is an assemblage of interrelated

activities performed in a limited period of time,

with limited resources to achieve specific,

clear goals The result of the project may be a

product, an accomplishment or a service.

PBL is a form of teaching or a complex

teaching method Following the guidance of

the leacher, learners have to combinafe

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