THE PROBLEM REVISITED: TEACHING THE PBL APPROACH TO DESIGN STUDENTS

DS 82: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE15), Great Expectations: Design Teaching, Research & Enterprise, Loughborough, UK, 03-04.09.2015

Year: 2015
Editor: Guy Bingham, Darren Southee, John McCardle, Ahmed Kovacevic, Erik Bohemia, Brian Parkinson
Author: Ovesen, Nis
Series: E&PDE
Institution: Aalborg University, DK
Section: Problem Based Learning
Page(s): 500-505
ISBN: 978-1-904670-62-9

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.

Keywords: PBL, problem statement, case study, foreign students

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