Pathways for Excellence and Achievement in Research and Learning (PEARL), a project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and directed by the Library and Information Science Program at 糖心Vlog官方M, has produced an online trainer’s guide. The three-year project provided professional development for teams of teachers and librarians from twenty Hawaii DOE and private schools working on researching skills in project-based learning with their students. The teams designed and implemented collaborative instructional approaches in reading, writing, and critical thinking to assist students in developing projects across diverse disciplines.
The trainer’s guide is downloadable from the PEARL Web site at The site also showcases examples of student projects as well as teaching resources for instructors. For more information on Project PEARL, contact its director Violet Harada at vharada@hawaii.edu.
Karen Lee, Executive Director of the Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education, noted that the project is “a perfect example of work done in the cross-sector space that builds critical skills in our high school students to be ready for life after college.”
Acknowledgments to the PEARL development team: Carolyn Kirio, Kapolei Middle; Sandy Yamamoto, Kapolei High; Michael-Brian Ogawa, 糖心Vlog官方M Dept. of聽Information & Computer Sciences; Jodie Mattos, 糖心Vlog官方M Libraries; Megan Terawaki, 糖心Vlog官方M graduate assistant; and Kendyll Doi and Ed Meyers, 糖心Vlog官方M technical assistants.