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Advantages of Project Method of Teaching

The project method of teaching has several advantages: it is based on principles of effective learning, develops critical thinking skills, and takes a democratic approach. It fosters responsibility, self-reliance, problem solving abilities in students, and helps them develop social skills and a sense of accomplishment. Students also learn to self-evaluate. However, the project method also has limitations, such as learning sometimes becoming unfocused or haphazard. It can be challenging for teachers to ensure all subjects are adequately covered, and some students may not fully participate. The method can also disrupt schedules and lesson plans.

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Advantages of Project Method of Teaching

The project method of teaching has several advantages: it is based on principles of effective learning, develops critical thinking skills, and takes a democratic approach. It fosters responsibility, self-reliance, problem solving abilities in students, and helps them develop social skills and a sense of accomplishment. Students also learn to self-evaluate. However, the project method also has limitations, such as learning sometimes becoming unfocused or haphazard. It can be challenging for teachers to ensure all subjects are adequately covered, and some students may not fully participate. The method can also disrupt schedules and lesson plans.

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ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT METHOD OF TEACHING

 This method is based on laws of learning leading to best conditions of learning.

 It develops the power of thinking ability to purpose, make plan to accomplish and judge
whether it is a success or a failure.

 It is a democratic way of learning.

 Responsibility and self-reliance are required by the students.

 There is real economy.

 Problem solving is stressed, reason and criticism is applied before ideas are taken over.

 It gives freedom and motivation to student

 Students learn social values and social adjustment.It gives a sense of reality and a sense of
accomplishments to students.

 Intrinsic standards of evaluation is set up in the student, thus they evaluate their own work.

 Project method helps, both the teacher and the students to grow, by experience, activity
and completion of a task.

LIMITATIONS OF PROJECT METHOD OF TEACHING


 Much of the learning becomes haphazard and incidental.
 There is less opportunity for experiencing the ability of others.
 Sometimes it is thought and accepted that all the expressed interests of students are of
equal values.
 The teacher finds it difficult to direct the project in such a way that proper development of
different subject takes place.
 Usual teaching becomes irregular and disorganized.
 In a group project some students are inclined to take all responsibility upon themselves
while others remain at the background.
 It leads to less academic achievement and incomplete mastery in other areas.
 It leads to upset in timetable and inability to cover the curriculum in a given time.
 A new teacher finds this method difficult.
 The project can become too ambiguous to students

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