Mitchell, John;
Tilley, Emanuela;
(2024)
The Role of Project Based Learning at the Core of Curriculum Development.
Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education
, 12
(1)
pp. 1-17.
10.54337/ojs.jpblhe.v12i1.9105.
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Abstract
This paper will present the argument that while Problem Based Learning (PBL) (or its variant Project Based Learning, PjBL) provides significant benefits and advantages to student learning in of itself, the full benefit of PBL is only completely realised as part of an “integrated” curriculum that provides a variety of learning opportunities and instructional support. We propose that PBL should be more widely considered and used as the key integrative feature within a curriculum to enable programmes to connect theory, practice, societal context, values and skills as well as to break the mentality that comes with modularisation. To do this, we suggest that a coherent thread of PBL should be enacted that is stratified to progress students through increasingly open problems and projects, each connected to other aspects of the taught curriculum while enabling skills development and the formation of professional and responsible attitudes and attributes. We provide some examples from our own experience in Engineering but advocate that this approach is much more widely applicable within higher education.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Role of Project Based Learning at the Core of Curriculum Development |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.54337/ojs.jpblhe.v12i1.9105 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.54337/ojs.jpblhe.v12i1.9105 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. The images or other third-party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Problem Based Learning (PBL), Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Integrated Curricula |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Electronic and Electrical Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10200976 |
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