I was surprised after watching this video that it came from the 1940's. https://youtu.be/opXKmwg8VQM
This was presented to me as a "new" method of teaching not so long ago. I came to teaching on a different path than most since because I was a working radiographer that was recruited to teach radiography in a community college. I had very little knowledge of the history and theory of teaching other than the things I have picked up at conferences and workshops. It has been quite eye-opening that many best practices and teaching theories have been around forever they just surge and wane in popularity.
My understanding is that home-schooling has always been pretty rooted in project-based learning. My district has had several different attempts at making service learning or project-based learning as part of the curriculum but they almost as quickly go to wayside and we are back to traditional learning and assessment.
At this moment, I feel like just adding technology to a course if the new trend so working out a way to make it sustainable and drive a new theory of learning will be the challenge.
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