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Duchi, Lorenzo; Servant-Miklos, Virginie; Kooij, Loïs; Noordegraaf-Eelens, Liesbeth – Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, 2023
This paper examines the impact of a structured, multi-dimensional reflection track of a 16-week pilot programme in experimental pedagogics (XP) in The Netherlands. XP is an elective undergraduate programme in which students investigate socially relevant educational problems in local communities and design educational interventions to address these…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Hermann, Roberto Rivas; Bossle, Marilia Bonzanini; Amaral, Marcelo – Educational Action Research, 2022
In the context of enormous global challenges such as climate change, poverty, and the unequal distribution of wealth, sustainability education within higher education has gained momentum as a tool to train a new generation of change agents. Previous research has examined the relationship between sustainability education and entrepreneurship…
Descriptors: Climate, Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Fuels
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Keenahan, Jennifer; McCrum, Daniel – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2021
Engineers and Architects require effective communication and interdisciplinary team working to be successful throughout their career which, is often overlooked during formal undergraduate education. The purpose of this paper is to disseminate the novel design and evaluation of a module on communication and interdisciplinary team working in the…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Architectural Education, Intervention, Teaching Methods
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Dobson, Helen E.; Tomkinson, C. Bland – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the issues involved in designing appropriate problems or scenarios suitable for sustainable development (SD) education, in the context of problem-based learning (PBL) and experiential learning. Manchester's PBL approach to interdisciplinary Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) has been well…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Action Research, Pilot Projects, Change Agents
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Servan, M. J.; Soto, E.; Murillo, J. F.; Sola, M.; Perez, A. I. – Educational Action Research, 2009
The purpose of this article is to describe innovatory online teaching carried out in the inter-university master's "Educational Innovation Policies and Practices for the Knowledge Society", with the participation of Malaga, Almeria and Internacional de Andalucia Universities. The master's focuses on the exploration of a problem-based…
Descriptors: Action Research, Teaching Models, Online Courses, Problem Based Learning
Murphy, Jennifer, Ed.; Griffin, Carrie, Ed.; Higgs, Bettie, Ed. – National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2010
The third annual conference of the National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL) was held at Trinity College Dublin on 11-12 November 2009, and was attended by over 300 delegates. The theme--"Research-Teaching Linkages: Practice and Policy"--was timely and generated some fascinating papers, workshops and…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Health Promotion, Evidence, Program Effectiveness
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Butler, Susan – Research in Science Education, 1999
Describes action research on the efficacy of problem-based learning using a hermeneutic dialectic methodology. Focuses on the emergence of students' critical-thinking skills, the relevance of science concepts taught, the interdisciplinary nature of the problems addressed, and the changing roles of the teacher and students. Reports that the course…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Research, Constructivism (Learning), Critical Thinking