The Problem Revisited: Teaching the PBL Approach to Design Students

Nis Ovesen

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Abstract

Problem-based learning (PBL) is becoming increasingly popular in design educations, but how is it taught and practiced? This paper presents a case study of a three-day workshop that has the purpose of introducing PBL to design students. A theoretical background on PBL and problems in design is established and is backing up the case study. The study shows that design engineering and architectural students without experience in PBL in general finds the approach to be beneficial when working on a design challenge in a student team.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGreat Expectations: Design Teaching, Research & Enterprise : Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education
EditorsGuy Bingham, Darren Southee, John McCardle, Ahmed Kovacevic, Erik Bohemia, Brian Parkinson
Number of pages6
Place of PublicationGlasgow
PublisherDesign Society
Publication dateSept 2015
Pages500-505
ISBN (Print)978-1-904670-62-9
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2015
EventThe 17th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education: Great Expectations: Design Teaching, Research & Enterprise - Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
Duration: 3 Sept 20154 Sept 2015

Conference

ConferenceThe 17th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education
LocationLoughborough University
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLoughborough
Period03/09/201504/09/2015

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