Project-Based Learning
Beyond the textbook. Into the real world.
Project-Based Learning is one of my main professional interests. Over the years I have used projects with learners across a wide range of ages and proficiency levels — from beginners designing and presenting a robot to highly proficient students taking part in academic debates and simulations.
What good project work actually requires
A successful project is not simply a group of students making a poster. A well-designed project creates a genuine reason to communicate.
- A meaningful outcome
- Clear success criteria
- Roles and accountability
- Appropriate language input
- Drafting
- Feedback
- Revision
- High expectations
Projects I have designed and delivered
In UK summer-school programmes and in my own classrooms, students have worked on topics including:
- Sustainable travel
- Ethical fashion
- Global citizenship
- Migration
- Neurodiversity
- Sustainability
- Design thinking
- Model United Nations
- Social and environmental challenges
My current professional focus
My current professional work explores how Project-Based Learning can help restore cognitive and social engagement in classrooms increasingly affected by passive digital consumption.
- Project-Based Learning
- Cognitive and social engagement
- Communicative teaching
- Collaborative learning
- Learner autonomy
- Inclusive teaching and differentiation
- Classroom management within project work
- Technology and attention in education
Conference speaking
I regularly participate in ELT conferences and professional-development events, and present my own work on Project-Based Learning and learner engagement.
- 2026
Beyond the Scroll: Restoring Cognitive and Social Engagement through PBL
Conference talk
Working with teachers and schools
If you are organising teacher training, a workshop or a conference programme, I would be glad to discuss how this work could fit.