ERIC Number: EJ1281064
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
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Interdisciplinary PBL Course Development in Higher Education
Bowen, Cheryl Marie
Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education, v8 n2 p97-105 2020
This case study explores how a problem-based learning (PBL), graduate education course could be organized in ways that utilize the current knowledge of how people learn within diverse, real world community settings. Students were asked to identify an educational enterprise and a social problem within a culturally diverse, high-need community. Throughout the course, they designed a service-learning experience, which was linked to the mission and vision of the enterprise while providing a meaningful, sustainable service to the community. At the end of the course, students viewed themselves as potential agents of social change through project presentations and reflections.
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Problem Based Learning, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Graduate Study, Graduate Students, Social Problems, Problem Solving, Change Agents, Social Change, Student Projects, Active Learning
Aalborg University Press. Skjernvej 4A, 2.sal, 9000, Aalborg, Denmark. Web site: http://journals.aau.dk/index.php/pbl
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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