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Project Work provides a firm grounding in critical literacy, encourages collaboration with others, and fosters learner independence. This is a first publication by Junior College Project Work researchers and practitioners in Singapore. The editors and contributors come from a wide range of disciplines and theoretical beliefs, and as such, have a synergy of knowledge that aptly encapsulates the nature of project-based learning. Taking a selective rather than a comprehensive focus to Project Work-as it would be a task we would have to engage in for a lifetime if we tried to capture all the facets of multi-disciplinary project-based learning-it describes the nature, processes, outcomes, research and resources in this subject. Target Audience:- Department: Education Level: In-service education professionals, pre-service educators, practitioners of team-building activities, creative educators, research student, facilitator, or any reader looking for further information on issues and practices of project-based learning in Junior College. Text Type: Main Text Salient Features: This is a first publication by Junior College Project Work researchers and practitioners in Singapore. Covers a fairly extensive spectrum of concepts, practices and skills ranging from those that relate to the processes as well as to the products of project work to the vital components of research techniques and tools, and assessment rubrics. Insight to the knowledge and expertise of experienced supervising tutors in junior colleges with suggested scheme of work and framework for different aspects of assessments. An easy reference for both teachers and students Table of Contents: About the Editors About the Contributors Foreword Prof. Anthony Seow Foreword Prof. Agnes Chang Preface Acknowledgement Introduction Dr.Tan Oon Seng SECTION I-NATURE OF PROJECT WORK IN JUNIOR COLLEGES 1 Junior College Project Work Framework Anitha Devi Pillai 2 Assessing Information Literacy Skills in Project Work Mary Ellis