Counseling, Leadership, and Educational Studies
Project-Based Learning Endorsement
The SC Department of Education is now providing Project-Based Learning teacher licensure
endorsement. Winthrop is one of the first institutions of higher education in the
nation to provide this endorsement to teacher educators. Contact Dr. Dennis Dotterer for more information.
Endorsement Requirements:
- EDUC521 — Intro. to Project-Based Learning (3): Designed to introduce students to the theory behind PBL and the basics of designing,
delivering and assessing PBL that supports student attainment of core academic content
and such 21st century skills as personal agency, critical and analytical thinking,
collaboration, communication and technological proficiency.
- EDUC522 — Applications of PBL in Curriculum and Instruction (3): This course combines classroom and field-based experiences to provide teachers group
support as they plan, create, facilitate, integrate, and implement appropriate instructional
methodologies and technology within a PBL unit of study in their own classrooms.
- EDUC523 — Practicum in Project-Based Learning (3): Field-based practicum designed to provide teacher/practitioners with experience
and opportunities to develop and implement PBL unit(s) independently, thus demonstrating
their knowledge, skills, and dispositions for successfully implementing PBL into the
regular classroom setting.
