Owning Your Project-Based Learning:
The College Student’s Guide to Design Thinking, Problem Selection, and Self-Assessment
Available December 2024 | Published by Routledge
The essential resource for empowering students and supporting faculty in project-based learning across the curriculum
Empowering Students. Supporting Faculty.
Revolutionizing Learning.
Owning Your Project-Based Learning is more than a textbook—it’s a comprehensive guide designed to support students in navigating the challenges of project-based learning while providing faculty with a framework to guide them. Through practical tools, engaging stories, and clear strategies, this book turns the complexities of PBL into opportunities for meaningful student learning.
Designed for Faculty, Written for Students
Supporting Student Success Reducing Faculty Workload
Provides a clear structure for guiding students through the PBL process, ensuring alignment with course learning outcomes.
Includes rubrics, self-assessment prompts, and interactive exercises to keep students engaged and organized.
Encourages autonomy while supporting critical thinking, teamwork, and real-world application.
Jacqueline Preston is an experienced educator and passionate advocate for learner centered project-based learning. With a background in design thinking, Instructional Design and Rhetoric and Composition, Jacqueline understands the unique challenges of balancing academic rigor with student engagement. Owning Your PBL reflects her commitment to empowering students and supporting faculty.
Explore the Companion Website
Faculty and students can access rubrics, templates, and interactive tools at OwningYourPBL.com. These resources complement the book and provide additional support for every stage of project-based learning.
