Student Voice: Experiencing Deeper Learning Through PBL Video Lecture | What is Project Based Learning (PBL)? - Professional Skills

I was born in Suva which is the capital
of Fiji and life was different in almost
every single way my father felt that if
I received a college education here I
would be a lot more successful so that
was one of the significant reasons we
left Fiji I started eighth grade here
and I struggled academically at first
coming here to impact was really the key
thing that helped me change because I
was given a chance to start over
my name is Rahul Maharaj and I got an
impact Academy of Arts and Technology in
Hayward which is a small project-based
learning school we focus on a couple of
really important leadership skills like
collaborate productively critical
thinking communicate powerfully and
complete projects effectively so along
with making sure that students are
keeping up with the content they're also
getting these life skills that they'll
need to be successful in college and in
the workplace an assignment that I had
for my EP government class was the paper
on federalism this paper focused on the
Constitution and analyzing the
Constitution to determine whether the
state or the federal government should
be in charge of a specific issue all the
students were given the choice to pick
any issue and I picked immigration
state's recently have been passing laws
and the federal government has been
deeming them unconstitutional my family
immigrated here so kind of pertained to
me as well and it really evokes
something in me to research and see what
the actual solution to that issue would
be after researching all the current
affairs about immigration I began
looking for laws that would give powers
to Congress or give parts of the states
immigration is not specifically
mentioned in the Constitution so you
have to analyze more generalized law and
apply it I came to the conclusion that
the federal government should be in
charge because not only is the Congress
responsible for national security the
rights should be consistent throughout
every state because we do as a nation
believe it
quality I think deeper learning is when
a student learns something beyond the
content that we're supposed to when
they're able to apply their experiences
or apply the knowledge that they receive
from other classes into what they're
doing learning something through deeper
learning really means internalizing the
information before coming to impact I
wasn't really sure whether or not I had
the right skills and grades to be able
to go to college
impact gave me the inspiration that I
was going to have the skills to be
successful in college it is really
important for me to go to college
because it will give me the skills and
knowledge that I need to succeed which
is the key reason that my parents came
here to ensure that my brothers and I
have a successful career and a happy
life
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