Mario Maxwell Müller 
Advanced Practices to Promote Project Based Learning for Elementary Schools 

Essay from the year 2022 in the subject Didactics – Common Didactics, Educational Objectives, Methods, grade: Summa Cum Laude, , course: Masters in Education (Advanced Teaching for Elementary, Middle and Secondary), language: English, abstract: In the following essay, the author will discuss the current practices used to promote Project Based Learning, to enhance the knowledge and understanding of student’s ability to integrate Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in Elementary School. Instructional approaches can vary from getting students to work within a group setting to focussing on cooperative learning and collaboration. Here students are given opportunities to share their ideas, concepts, understanding and content within a diverse multicultural setting within an international school. Educators will greatly benefit by employing strategies that encourage motivation, excitement, cooperation and the correct attitude to conclude projects that will showcase each student’s participation.

About the author

Mario Maxwell Muller studied and completed a Ph D in Philosophy (Arts, Social Sciences, and Education) at the University of Venda, South Africa). He has a triple master’s degree, First Class (with Distinction) from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, London College of Music, West London University, United Kingdom, and the University of the People, USA. Mario has been teaching for twenty-two years in different leadership positions and has taught at prestigious schools in South Africa, England, Thailand, India, Mexico, and Gabon. He enjoys being a risktaker, principled and effective communicator, whilst serving as a Senior Examiner for Music (HL) for the International Baccalaureate programme. He is currently enrolled on the National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) under the LSSE, UK and in partnership with Cambridge University, and Canterbury Christ Church University, United Kingdom.

Ensuring each child reaches their full potential through an IB curriculum is essential, through promoting inquiry-based learning, cooperative learning and collaboration for students to work together, with a strong emphasis on “International Mindedness”.