Project method is based upon the ideas of the great American educationalist, John Dewey. The credit of developing these ideas into a method goes to William H Kilpatrick.

1. JOHN DEWEY - PROJECT METHOD
Submitted by:
Nikhitha P S
Roll no : 09
Natural Science
Submitted to:
Dr. George Varghese
Assistant Professor
MOUNT TABOR TRAINING COLLEGE, PATHANAPURAM
EDU 01 : KNOWLEDGE AND CURRICULUM: PHILOSOPHICAL AND
SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES

2. JOHN DEWEY

3.  He established a laboratory school at the University
of Chicago in 1903.
 A well-known public intellectual.
 He was a major voice of progressive education and
liberalism
 Some important books written by Dewey are:
How We Think
Democracy and Education
Experience and Education

4. PROJECT METHOD
 Project method is based upon the ideas of the
great American educationalist, John Dewey.
 The credit of developing these ideas into a
method goes to William H Kilpatrick.
 It is one of the modern method of teaching.
 It give importance to students point of view in
designing the curriculum and content of studies.
 Based on the philosophy of pragmatism and the
principle of Learning by doing.

5. DEFINITIONS
" A project is a whole hearted purposeful activity
proceeding in a social environment ".
- William H Kilpatrick
" A project is a problematic act carried to completion in
its natural setting ".
- J. A Stevenson
" Project is a bit of real life that has been imported
into school ".
- Ballard

6. PRINCIPLES
 Principle of Purposiveness
 Principle of Freedom
 Principle of Activity
 Principle of Reality
 Principle of Unity

7. STEPS OF PROJECT METHOD
 Providing a situation
 Choosing a project
 Planning
 Executing the project
 Evaluation of the project
 Recording of the project

8. TYPES OF PROJECT METHOD
William H Kilpatrick gives 4 types of project :
1. Produces type project/Constructive project
2. Consumers project/Aesthetic project
3. Problematic project
4. Drill project
Other type of projects are :
 Individual and social project
 Simple and complex project

9. CRITERIA OF A GOOD PROJECT
 Project should be purposeful, useful, and
practically applicable.
 Should be feasible in terms the
availability of human and resource
materials.
 Should be timely
 Interesting
 Rich in experiences
 Challenging

10. MERITS
 Based on the laws of learning.
 It give freedom to children.
 It enables the children to learn from their own
experience.
 It is free from the defects of text book method.
 It is a natural method of acquiring knowledge.
 It gives training in social adjustment.
 It gives training in democratic way of living.
 Trains the children in solving problems.
 It help the teacher to understand the pupils.

11. DEMERITS
 It hampers the completion of syllabus.
 There is a possibility of giving more importance to
less importance.
 It may lead to unsystematic learning.
 It may lead to monopolization by some students.
 It may disturb the school working system.
 It increase the work load of teacher.
 It is an expensive method.
 Time consuming process.

12. REFERENCES
 Kilpatrick, W. H. (1918). The Project
Method: The Use of the Purposeful Act in
the Education Process. Teachers College
Record, 19, 319-335.