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Premises for Changing to PBL
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Although SoTL research provides results documenting the efficiency of problem-based and project-based learning, the process of change at the institutional levels all over the world is slow. Based on research and experience from the UNESCO Chair work all over the world, I point out seven premises for changing to PBL: governance and educational policy, research and political pragmatism, change at institutional and individual level, leadership, implementation, trust in students’ learning and global societies. These are premises at very different levels; however, in the global society they all play a role in the process of changing higher education. This essay places PBL in a SoTL framework of inquiry, research, application, and change, and explains that PBL is beneficial for students learning key skills.
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“We think a problem-based curriculum that is used in some universities (e.g., Aalborg University in Denmark) may help to overcome many of the obstacles encountered in this study at the cross-roads of histories and practices, as the studies are organized on the basis of teamwork and projects on a long-term basis (Kolmos, 2010).”
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“…that is used in some universities (e.g., Aalborg University in Denmark) may help to overcome many of the obstacles encountered in this study at the cross-roads of histories and practices, as the studies are organized on the basis of teamwork and projects on a long-term basis (Kolmos, 2010).”
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- Authors
- Kolmos, A.
- Affiliations
- Aalborg University (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Kolmos, Anette
- ORCID
- Kolmos, Anette
- Venue
- International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
- Publisher
- Georgia Southern University
- Published
- 2010-01-01
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 1931-4744 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2117002137
- Cited by
- 26
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 9.06
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc-nd
- Locations
- International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Problem and Project Based Learning
- Social Sciences › Education › Innovative Teaching Methods
- Social Sciences › Education › Evaluation of Teaching Practices
- Keywords
- problem-based learning, project-based learning, institutional change in higher education, education governance, education policy, leadership, student trust, UNESCO Chair
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