Description
With roots dating back to Dewey, (1933), Piaget (1974), Lewin (1948), PBL in Denmark has been practiced since the 1970’ies. That dialogue, reflection and collaboration are important elements in students’ learning in education is well established, and Aalborg University integrates this by working with PBL. The Aalborg PBL model assumes that students learn best when applying theory and research based knowledge in their work with an authentic problem. At the same time, the model supports students in the development of their communication and cooperation competences, and in acquiring the skills required when taking an analytical and result-oriented approach. Literature highlights several advantages in PBL: due largely to its power to stimulate critical, reflective and creative thinking, learning in PBL is meaningful, moreover it accentuates student centeredness, their active participation and the students’ authentic ways to collaborate and create knowledge. The role of the teacher changes when the pedagogy is founded in PBL, because the focus changes from “delivering knowledge” to “facilitating knowledge creation”. Consequently the teacher delivers fewer presentations instead he/she supervises the students’ learning processes. Ditte Kolbaek will present the basic principles of PBL the Aalborg Model, the changed role of both the students and the teachers.| Period | 19 Oct 2016 |
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| Held at | Ternopil National Economic University, Ukraine |
| Degree of Recognition | National |