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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
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