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Doing, being, becoming: a historical appraisal of the modalities of project-based learning
Abstract
Any pedagogy of media practice sits at the intersection between training for employment and education for critical thinking. As such, the use of projects is a primary means of structuring learning experiences as a means of mirroring professional practice. Yet, our understanding of the nature of projects and of project-based learning is arguably under-theorised and largely taken for granted. This paper attempts to address this issue through a synthesis of the literature from organisational studies and experiential learning. The article aims to shift the debate around project-based learning away from an instrumentalist agenda, to one that considers the social context and lived experience of projects and re-conceptualises projects as ontological modalities of doing, being and becoming. In this way, the article aims to provide a means for thinking about the use of project-based learning within the media practice curriculum that draws on metaphors of discovery, rather than of construction.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hanney, R.
- Affiliations
- Southampton Solent University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Hanney, Roy
- ORCID
- Hanney, Roy
- Venue
- Teaching in Higher Education
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2018-01
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 769-783
- ISSN
- 1356-2517 (ISSN-L)
- 1470-1294
- OpenAlex
- W2782184065
- Cited by
- 41
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2025: 5 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 11.35
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Teaching in Higher Education (publishedVersion)
- Southampton Solent University Digital Library (acceptedVersion)
- Solent University Research Portal (Solent University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Solent Learning & Teaching Institute
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Problem and Project Based Learning
- Social Sciences › Education › Innovative Education and Learning Practices
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education and Employability
- Keywords
- project-based learning, experiential learning, discovery learning, professional practice, critical thinking, history of project-based learning
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