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Scholkmann, Antonia; Stegeager, Nikolaj; Miller, Richard K. – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2023
This paper provides a conceptual elaboration of the role of Problem-based Learning (PBL) in the integration of social sciences and humanities (SSH) with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and an analysis of the challenges this brings about. SSH-STEM integration is an endeavor that is timely, relevant, and urgent given the…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach, Social Studies, Humanities Instruction
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Søren Hansen; Lykke Brogaard Bertel – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2023
The increasing complexity of society's sustainability issues requires new educational approaches that facilitate transversal skills and competencies suitable for the 21st century. Students must be equipped with discipline-specific expertise or technical skill; but also competencies to collaborate across disciplines in creating innovative solutions…
Descriptors: Creativity, Educational Environment, Interdisciplinary Approach, Problem Solving
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Luiz Ney d’Escoffier; Aida Guerra; Marco Braga – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2024
Education for sustainability demands transformative knowledge, which can be obtained through problem-based, project-organized learning (PBL). However, the integration of PBL and sustainability in higher education has not yet met the needs required due to the lack of application of a systemic perspective and strategy. In this literature review, we…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Engineering Education, Sustainability, Higher Education
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Bowen, Cheryl Marie – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2020
This case study explores how a problem-based learning (PBL), graduate education course could be organized in ways that utilize the current knowledge of how people learn within diverse, real world community settings. Students were asked to identify an educational enterprise and a social problem within a culturally diverse, high-need community.…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Problem Based Learning, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
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Coppens, Tom; Pineda, Andrés Felipe Valderrama; Henao, Kelly; Rybels, Stijn; Samoilovich, Daniel; De Jonghe, Nina; Camacho, Heilyn – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2020
This article discusses the challenges and opportunities identified in the implementation of the Citylab project in Latin America during the period of 2015-2018. The project was funded by the Erasmus+ Key action 2 programme of the European Union. The project aims to innovate teaching for sustainability in higher education institutions through…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Urban Renewal, Urban Areas, Problem Based Learning
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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