APPLICATION OF PROJECT BASED LEARNING IN TECHNICAL TEACHER TRAINING AT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY – THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Project - based learning is a form of teaching with highly both collaborative and practical characteristics. This teaching form creates a strong connection between theory and practice, thinking and acting, individual and collective, school and society. Thus, it promotes high levels of positive, proactive, cooperative and creative learners. This form of teaching has existed for so long in the world. However, the introduction of project based learning to teaching at universities in Vietnam as well as at technical teacher training universities is facing many difficulties and the teaching and learning results are still limited. This article will present some of basic issues of project - based learning and some solutions to apply smoothly and efficiently this teaching form in training of technical teachers at University of Technology – Thai Nguyen University