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Bente Nørgaard; Juebei Chen; Carla Kornelia Smink; Aida Guerra; Xiangyun Du – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2024
This study explored engineering educators' perspectives on their professional learning in a pedagogical development programme with the ultimate goal of achieving educational change in African countries through the adoption of PBL methodology. This study was based on a three-year-long programme organised by a Danish university through an Erasmus…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering Education, Teacher Education, Teacher Attitudes
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Aida Guerra; Juebei Chen; Xiangyun Du; Helle Nielsen; Lone Kørnøv – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: The integration of ESD is a complex problem. It calls for an innovative, student-centred curriculum, as well as professional learning and agency, by which university teachers feel empowered to change their practice and direct their peers and institutions towards ESD. This study aims to explore what university teachers consider to be the…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Problem Based Learning, College Faculty, Faculty Development
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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
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Luiz Ney d'Escoffier; Dan Jiang; Aida Guerra; Andres Felipe Valderrama Pineda; Imad Abou-Hayt – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2024
Despite an emerging emphasis on the role of engineers in achieving the SDGs, there is still a lack of agreement on which competencies should be prioritised to prepare them to tackle future sustainability challenges. By formulating a theoretical framework of key sustainable competencies based on prior studies, this study investigated engineering…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Q Methodology, Student Attitudes, Engineering Education
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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