Presented at JALT PanSIG 2020 - Augmenting Project-Based Learning (PBL) with Team-Based Learning (TBL) in CLIL Programs.

1. Engaginglearnerswithteam-basedlearning(TBL)
BRENT A. JONES - PRESENTED AT PANSIG 2020
Augmenting PBL with TBL

2. • Context (Program / Learners / Project)
• Current Study
• Findings
• Interpretations
Overview

3. Context

4. Hirao School of Management
• Undergraduate
• Economics & Business Admin
• Project-Based Learning (Core)
• Coordinated CLIL Program
KonanUniversity

7. • Weeks 1 - 5 Background Info
• Weeks 6 - 10 Case Study
• Weeks 11 - 15 Group Research
BeerIndustryProject

9. CurrentStudy

10. • Readiness Assurance Tests
• Individual / Team
• Application
• Note: Same teams throughout the semester.
AugmentingPBLwithTBL

20. Findings

21. Results-IndividualRATs
Module 1 Module 2

22. Results-TeamRATs

23. ResearchSkills

24. ResearchSkills

25. Cooperation/Teamwork

26. Cooperation/Teamwork

27. TargetLanguageSkills/Confidence

28. TargetLanguageSkills/Confidence

29. TargetLanguageSkills/Confidence

30. TargetLanguageSkills/Confidence

31. TeamFunctioning

32. TeamFunctioning

33. TeamFunctioning

34. TeamFunctioning

35. TeamFunctioning

36. Interpretations

37. • Keeping the same groups throughout the semester (GOOD)
• Improved learning outcomes (SOMEWHAT)
• Applications (GOOD - Maybe)
TakeAways

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Industrial Teacher Education, 34(3).
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Education for the Future: Cultivating Lifelong and Independent Learners. Tokyo: MEXT [Written in Japanese].
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References

39. • This presentation introduces an action research project conducted at a university
in western Japan during the 2019 Fall semester. The project involved a group of
twenty-eight non-English majors enrolled in an elective business-focused project
taught by the presenter and aimed at investigating the effectiveness of
augmenting a project-based learning (PBL) curriculum with team-based learning
(the other TBL) elements. This interactive talk starts with some contextual
background, goes on to offer brief outlines of PBL and TBL, and then gives a week-
by-week overview of how each class meeting unfolded as well as how technology
was used to manage the course and assess performance. Some of the more
salient findings include increased learner engagement and achievement as
measured by readiness assurance tests, both individual and team. After covering
the findings of the intervention, its successes and shortcomings will be evaluated.
It is hoped that this research might inspire others to experiment with PBL, TBL
and other active learning approaches in their second language classrooms.
Abstract