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Four Big Ways PBL Prepares Students for the Future of Work

     There are many reasons why project-based learning may be the best pedagogy for all students. Indeed, PBL is intended to be engaging, collaborative, tech-ready, student-owned and personalized. But, there may not be a better reason for PBL than that of preparing all students for a rapidly changing world - especially the future of work.      Whether we discuss the impact of globalization, the gig economy, artificial intelligence or new technologies, it seems that our students are entering an uncharted work world that will require them to be much more adaptive, creative, flexible, growth-oriented and skill-focused than any previous generations. I’d like to demonstrate that high quality project-based learning effectively advances our students’ core skills of the future. Here are four of them: (1) Creativity Skills This term is used so often it’s hard not to see it as a cliche. But it is a skill that is no longer reserved for certain professions. Whether it’s innovation, proble