@inbook{d7a1153cf9404a8ab81793cf3802ecfe,
title = "Supervising the Interdisciplinary PBL Project: Scaffolding an Open-Ended Space of Scientific Possibilities",
abstract = "The aim of this chapter is to discuss the scientific preconditions for establishing higher education interdisciplinary project work in a problem-based learning (PBL) setting. The question pursued in this chapter concerns what types of theory of science dialogue and reflection are needed between a supervisor and a group of students in order for students to master an interdisciplinary approach in their project work. The chapter opens by outlining what the key concepts of {\textquoteleft}PBL-setting{\textquoteright}, {\textquoteleft}theory of science{\textquoteright} and {\textquoteleft}interdisciplinary project work{\textquoteright} mean. This is followed by three interrelated sections; in the first, a central dichotomy in the conception of the interrelations among the sciences will be developed. This dichotomy revolves around the notion of science as describing the world vs. science as constructing a language to talk about the world. Building on the developed dichotomy, a vocabulary will be constructed around Wittgenstein{\textquoteright}s notion of a language game in order to conceptualise what would be required of students to work interdisciplinarily in an open-ended space of scientific possibilities. Finally, the chapter establishes an argument for a set of important practices in the supervision of PBL groups to facilitate interdisciplinary project work.",
keywords = "interdisciplinary project work, higher education, problem-based learning, PBL, science dialogue and reflection, supervisor, group work, project work, PBL-setting, theory of science",
author = "Ole Ravn",
year = "2019",
month = sep,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-18842-9_6",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-030-18841-2",
series = "Innovation and Change in Professional Education",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "61--72",
editor = "Jensen, {Annie Aarup} and Diana Stentoft and Ole Ravn",
booktitle = "Interdisciplinarity and Problem-Based Learning in Higher Education",
address = "Germany",
}