Preliminary Material / Xiangyun Du , Erik de Graaff and Anette Kolmos -- PBL – Diversity in Research Questions and Methodologies / Xiangyun Du , Erik de Graaff and Anette Kolmos -- Diversity of PBL – PBL Learning Principles and Models / Anette Kolmos , Erik de Graaff and Xiangyun Du -- Problem Based Learning and Instrument Realism / Lars Bo Henriksen -- Problem-based Learning: Effectiveness, Drivers, and Implementation Challenges / Angela van Barneveld and Johannes Strobel -- Using the CIPP Model to Evaluate the Impact of Project-Led Education: A case study of Engineering Education in Portugal / Sandra Fernandes , Maria Assunção Flores and Rui M. Lima -- Group or Individual Assessment in Engineering, Science and Health Education / Jette E. Holgaard and Anette Kolmos -- Gauging the Effectiveness of Design Projects in Engineering Education / Mingyi Gao , Peter Willmot and Peter Demian -- Socio-emotional Quality of Small Groups During Project-based Collaborative earning in Engineering Education / Christel Heylen , Herman Buelens and Jos Vander Sloten -- Group Project Assessment in a PBL Environment / Alex Stojcevski and Xiangyun Du -- Technical Support Role for Problem/Project Based Learning in Electrical Engineering / Hayrettin Arisoy and Alex Stojcevski -- Problem Based Laboratory Work in Industrial Chemistry – Acquisition, Integration and Applying Knowledge / Kati M. Vilonen and A.Outi I. Krause -- A PBL Application Experience Supported by Different Educational Methodologies / Javier Garcia and Jorge E. Perez -- Project-Based Learning (PBL) Experiences in Brazil / Marcos Azevedo da Silveira , José Alberto Reis Parise , Reinaldo Calixto de Campos , Luiz Carlos Scavard do Carmo and Nival Nunes de Almeida -- IT Strategy Education through Project Based Learning / Yoshio Tozawa -- The “Robinson” Programme: Interdisciplinary Education based on Robotics Curricula / Sabina Jeschke , Lars Knipping , Nicole Natho , Ursula Vollmer and Marc Wilke -- Problem Based Learning in Electrical and Electronic Engineering Education / Cagil Ozansoy and Alex Stojcevski -- Training PBL Tutors in Engineering Education in Belgium and France / Benoît Raucent , Anne Hernandez and Geneviève Moore -- Notes on Contributors / Xiangyun Du , Erik de Graaff and Anette Kolmos.

The success of Problem Based Learning and Project Organised learning (PBL) as an educational method in the field of Higher Engineering Education is clear and beyond any doubt. An increasing number of Universities of Technology all over the world applies PBL in their curriculum. There are many sound arguments for changing to PBL, such as enhancing students’ motivation, integration of practice oriented competences, improved retention of students, augmenting the quality of education, collaboration with industry. More and more educational research is supplying evidence to sustain these arguments. Engineers create innovations to improve the quality of our life. It just makes sense that the institutes of Higher Engineering Education want to know what educational innovations contribute to the quality of engineering education. To promote research on PBL the UNESCO chair in Problem Based Learning in Engineering Education (UCPBL) organised the first Research Symposium on Problem Based Learning in Engineering and Science Education, June 30th-July 1st, 2008 at Aalborg University. This book contains a selection of papers from this research symposium, which have been reviewed and further developed.

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