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Engineering Educators' Professional Learning for Educational Change in a PBL-Base and Cross-Institutional Programme in Africa: a Q-Study
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Bente Nørgaard; Juebei Chen; Carla Kornelia Smink; Aida Guerra; Xiangyun Du – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2024
This study explored engineering educators' perspectives on their professional learning in a pedagogical development programme with the ultimate goal of achieving educational change in African countries through the adoption of PBL methodology. This study was based on a three-year-long programme organised by a Danish university through an Erasmus…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Teacher Education, Teacher Attitudes
Building Careers: Key Influences on Career Aspirations in a Danish Problem-Based Learning Setting
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Anna Overgaard Markman; Juebei Chen; Bente Nørgaard; Xiangyun Du – Journal of Career Development, 2025
This paper examines supporting elements of senior engineering students' career aspirations within a problem-based learning (PBL) environment in Denmark. Using the systems theory framework of career development, this study investigates both individual and contextual influences of career aspirations. A mixed-method approach was employed,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Occupational Aspiration, Problem Based Learning, Career Development
Examining Engineering Design Students' Perceptions of Agency for Sustainability in a Problem- and Project-Based Learning (PBL) Context--A Q Methodology Study
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Aida Guerra; Dan Jiang; Xiangyun Du; Imad Abou-Hayt; Andrés Felipe Valderrama Pineda – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2025
This study explores engineering design students' perceptions of their agency for sustainability in a Danish problem- and project-based learning (PBL) context. A conceptual framework is proposed with three dimensions: personal, action, and contextual. Q methodology was adopted to investigate the subjective views of 24 first-year undergraduate…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Design, Student Attitudes, Sustainability
Teacher's Agency in Education for Sustainable Development: An East-West Collaborative Erasmus Programme Using Q Methodology
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Aida Guerra; Juebei Chen; Xiangyun Du; Helle Nielsen; Lone Kørnøv – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: The integration of ESD is a complex problem. It calls for an innovative, student-centred curriculum, as well as professional learning and agency, by which university teachers feel empowered to change their practice and direct their peers and institutions towards ESD. This study aims to explore what university teachers consider to be the…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Problem Based Learning, College Faculty, Faculty Development
Mentorship for Early Career Academics in a Long-Term Problem- and Project-Based University Academic Development Program in Denmark: Views of Subject and Pedagogy Mentors
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Xiangyun Du; Juebei Chen; Nikolaj Stegeager; Trine Lindvig Thomsen; Aida Guerra; Patrik Kristoffer Kjaersdam Telléus; Line Bune Juhl – International Journal for Academic Development, 2025
The study explored the viewpoints of two groups of mentors -- subject and pedagogy -- on their roles in a 12-month problem-based learning (PBL) academic development program at a Danish university. Q methodology analysis from 49 mentors revealed consensus on certain generic characteristics of good mentorship, namely active listening, constructive…
Descriptors: Mentors, Feedback (Response), Teaching Methods, Peer Teaching
Early Career Academics' Professional Learning in a PBL-Focused Pedagogical Development Program
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Dan Jiang; Nicolaj Stegeager; Trine Lindvig Thomsen; Xiangyun Du – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2024
This study explores early career academics' (ECAs) professional learning in a Danish university's Professional Learning (PL) program, based on problem- and project-based learning (PBL) principles. Using a complexity theory lens, professional learning is viewed as a dynamic process involving intrapersonal, behavioral, relational, and contextual…
Descriptors: Novices, Faculty, Communities of Practice, Universities