Bill Text: HI SCR73 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced

Hawaii Senate Concurrent Resolution 73 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Department of Education; Project-based Learning; Advisory Committee

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-29 - Report adopted, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. [SCR73 Detail]

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THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	73
TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

requesting the department of education to establish an advisory committee to identify best practices for project-based learning.

WHEREAS, somewhere between kindergarten and high school, many students lose their love of learning and struggle to connect with what they are being taught; and

WHEREAS, project-based learning can nurture and rekindle students' love of learning and help connect abstract concepts to the real world while achieving desired educational outcomes; and

WHEREAS, project-based instruction has a long and successful legacy in the sciences and math, and now shows promise for teaching social studies, history, English, and other subject areas; and

WHEREAS, project-based instruction fosters critical thinking, communication and language skills, collaboration, and creativity while motivating students to explore new things; and

WHEREAS, project-based learning is shown to provide the most potential for students who are economically or academically disadvantaged; and

WHEREAS, project-based learning activates multiple areas of children's brains, helps them be more engaged and focused, and increases retention of information; and

WHEREAS, educational trips and field trips are becoming less common in schools across the country, with over half of American schools eliminating planned field trips in the 2010-2011 school year; and

WHEREAS, cultural field trips have proven to foster the development of students into individuals who possess more knowledge about art, have stronger critical-thinking skills, exhibit increased historical empathy, display higher levels of tolerance, and have a greater taste for consuming art and culture; and

WHEREAS, project-based learning such as educational trips provide students with real-world experience, stimulate classroom learning, reach students with various learning styles, and promote community connectivity; and

WHEREAS, for older students, project-based learning helps prepare students for post-secondary schooling and training, expands employment opportunities, and helps students gain interview skills and enhanced knowledge in fields they are interested in pursuing; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-eighth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2016, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Department of Education is requested to establish an advisory committee to identify best practices for project-based learning; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the advisory committee on project-based learning is requested to submit a report to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2017 identifying best practices for project-based learning and the financial costs necessary to implement the best practices; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Education is requested to provide resources to schools and educators for project-based learning opportunities; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Education is requested to train and support educators who implement project-based learning; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Chairperson of the Board of Education and Superintendent of Education.