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Søren Løkke; Helle Nedergaard Nielsen; Jette Egelund Holgaard – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2023
This work provides inspiration to foster Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in teaching practices related to waste management. Problem-Based Learning is about providing a learning environment where students can work practically and theoretically with problems of relevance for society. In this learning process, students themselves will define societally…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Sustainability, Sanitation, Foreign Countries
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Bertel, Lykke Brogaard; Kolmos, Anette; Boelt, Anders Melbye – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2021
Problem-based learning has a long history of transforming higher education institutions at course-, curriculum- and even systemic levels, and has shown to enhance student-centered learning and core pedagogical values such as facilitating collaboration, complex problem-solving skills and critical thinking. However, rapid digitalisation in higher…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Higher Education, Student Centered Learning, Educational Change
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Jensen, Camilla Gyldendahl; Madsen, Jannie Dodensig; Gade, Peter; Andersen, Michael; Olsen, Frank – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2021
In the current conceptualisations of Problem Based Learning and how we practice it, the students are expected to possess the necessary academic competencies in order to study through PBL. However, a desk research reveals that students in many cases don't have the necessary understanding or conceptual comprehension of disciplines such as problem…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Instructional Design, Sequential Learning, Educational Philosophy
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Clara Bender; Simon Lebech Cichosz; Patrik Kjaersdam Telléus; Ole Kristian Hejlesen – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2023
Problem-based learning (PBL) is the through-going didactics at Aalborg University, but literature shows how integrating PBL into project work is challenging for students. Studies indicate that students especially struggle with the problem analysis section, i.e., what it consists of, how the structure of the analysis should be, etc. Moreover,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Problem Based Learning, Universities, Group Dynamics
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Quinn, Andrea – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2020
This paper provides insights into an initiative that offers graduate and professional students from across the University of Michigan the opportunity to participate in multi-disciplinary, problem-based classes that foster creative thinking, teamwork, and development of transferrable skills. The paper describes how, in order to improve student…
Descriptors: Universities, Problem Based Learning, Teamwork, Creative Thinking
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Frandsen, Martin Severin; Andersen, John – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2019
This article presents experiences and reflections from two cases of problem-oriented project work working with action research in bottom-up urban planning and sustainable transition in Copenhagen. The first case concerns the involvement of local residents in the redesign of a public square through a series of aesthetic experiments. The second case…
Descriptors: Action Research, Student Projects, Sustainability, Ethics
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Camacho, Heillyn Nunez; Rybels, Stijn; Coppens, Tom; Pineda, Andrés Felipe Valderrama – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2020
Shifting from a traditional lecture-based teaching approach to a student-centred approach, such as Problem-Based Learning (PBL), demands significant changes in Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs). It requires changes for teachers, students, institutional management, and even the physical learning environment. Once a university is not designed…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Educational Innovation, Change Strategies, Curriculum Implementation
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Awacorach, Judith; Jensen, Iben; Lassen, Inger; Olanya, David Ross; Zakaria, Hanan Lassen; Tabo, Geoffrey Olok – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2021
The overall purpose of this study is to prefigure the feasibility of Problem Based Learning (PBL) for building research and employability capacity of MA-students in the context of Gulu University. Following a description of the basic tenets of PBL, we explain how PBL was used in experimental community outreach workshops for MA-students between…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Sustainability
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Soonets, Silvia; Mena, Aliz Beatriz; Dorbessan, Bernardo; Micucci, Franco; Olaizola, Carlos – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2020
The learning process in architecture at Universidad Simon Bolivar is based on confronting students with practical or theoretical situations to let them acquire knowledge about the discipline. The core of this process is on design studio courses, and from the early stages of the program they have to discover for themselves the role of architecture…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Architectural Education, Course Descriptions, Design
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Fernandez, Mónica Inés; Constantinidis, Bárbara Rita; Brignone, Mabel C.; Bonvecchi, Liliana; Orduna, Martín Blas; Carbone, Carolina A.; Otero, María de los Ángeles; Ciarciá, Federica; de Souza, Juan – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2020
Erasmus+ CityLab Program at Universidad de Belgrano School of Architecture and Urban Planning, has focused on urban structure as generator of dynamic and transformable spaces, through a local case located at Juan B. Justo Avenue corridor, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The CityLab project motivated students to experience an integrative 3-year…
Descriptors: Land Use, Universities, Problem Based Learning, Foreign Countries
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Camacho, Heilyn; Christiansen, Ellen – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2018
This paper reviews the design of a 'Professional Inquiry' course taught for four years to Information Studies students at Aalborg University, Denmark, within the pedagogical paradigm of Problem Based Learning (PBL). The course teaches students how to formulate research questions and scientific problems, and determine what is worthwhile knowing…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Inquiry
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Stegeager, Nikolaj; Thomassen, Anja Overgaard; Laursen, Erik – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2013
This article presents the PBL model applied at Aalborg University in order to discuss research findings with regard to the educational effectiveness of the PBL model in securing an efficient transfer of learning from university driven continuing education to the context of the workplace. In recent years Aalborg University has seen a progressive…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Continuing Education, Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness