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Tom Børsen – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2024
This paper reflects on a slow re-reading of Maggi Savin-Baden's "Impact of Transdisciplinary Threshold Concepts on Student Engagement in Problem-Based Learning" and its relation to the author's experiences as a teacher and curriculum developer in Techno-Anthropology at Aalborg University. It explores four transdisciplinary threshold…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach, Criticism, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
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Wood, Graham – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2020
An interdisciplinary approach has been adopted for undergraduate Law and Social Science students attending separate seven-week intensive language communication courses run at the University of Helsinki. The challenge has been to anchor this pedagogical development within theoretical frames of reference that contextualise the interdisciplinary PBL…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Problem Based Learning, Conflict Resolution, Communication Skills
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Da Silva, Alexsandro Almeida – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2018
This paper presents the evaluation of a design research project that combines artistic practice and academic theory to demonstrate how problem-based learning (PBL) can bridge the gap between those fields. "Researching Empathy Through Staged Performance" was a master's thesis project in the field of interaction design and consisted of an…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Problem Based Learning, Empathy, Interdisciplinary Approach
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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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Heinrich, Falk – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2018
The article presents a theoretical elaboration of the potential relationship between the academic and artistic approaches within a problem-based educational setting. The investigation is based on Koestler's idea of the "bisociation" (blending) of dissimilar thinking and action matrices as the foundational mechanism of human creation in…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Higher Education, Undergraduate Students, Bachelors Degrees
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Richards, Cameron – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2015
The challenge of better reconciling individual and collective aspects of innovative problem-solving can be productively addressed to enhance the role of PBL as a key focus of the creative process in future higher education. This should involve "active learning" approaches supported by related processes of teaching, assessment and…
Descriptors: Outcome Based Education, Problem Based Learning, Portfolio Assessment, Systems Approach