Teaching a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship through problem based learning
This article presents a case study of a university course taught through problem based learning, which aimed to nurture a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship. In Fall 2018, 42 student social educators participated in a course on Methods of Group Work. A social entrepreneur launched a challenge...
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| description | This article presents a case study of a university course taught through problem based learning, which aimed to nurture a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship. In Fall 2018, 42 student social educators participated in a course on Methods of Group Work. A social entrepreneur launched a challenge concerning his activity, and the students in groups had three weeks to solve it and deliver a final presentation. The research design made use of mixed methods approach to collect qualitative and quantitative data. Although improvements will be necessary in a future delivery and in the pre/post questionnaire, results suggest that course was important to prepare students for their career in a lifelong learning perspective.
L’educazione a un senso d’iniziativa e d’imprenditorialità attraverso il problem based learning
Questo contributo illustra un corso universitario insegnato attraverso il problem based learning per educare a un senso d’iniziativa e d’imprenditorialità. A ottobre 2018 42 studenti iscritti a un corso di laurea per educatore sociale hanno partecipato al corso “Metodologie del lavoro di gruppo”. Un imprenditore sociale ha lanciato una sfida riguardante la sua attività, e gli studenti hanno lavorato in gruppo per tre settimane e presentato le loro soluzioni. Il disegno della ricerca ha utilizzato mixed methods per raccogliere dati qualitativi e quantitativi con questionari pre e post corso, valutazioni finali da parte degli studenti, le risposte a una domanda aperta su come migliorare il corso, e commenti da parte di osservatori privilegiati. Benché nella prossima edizione del corso saranno necessarie alcune migliorie – sia per la parte pedagogica che per quella di raccolta dei dati – i risultati suggeriscono che il corso abbia permesso di preparare gli studenti per la loro futura professione in una prospettiva di apprendimento permanente. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4e46a2b5d3a144b3b7d24922b0faa9952022-12-22T01:21:40ZengFirenze University PressFormare1825-73212019-07-0119210.13128/formare-25176Teaching a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship through problem based learningDaniele Morselli0Libera Università di BolzanoThis article presents a case study of a university course taught through problem based learning, which aimed to nurture a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship. In Fall 2018, 42 student social educators participated in a course on Methods of Group Work. A social entrepreneur launched a challenge concerning his activity, and the students in groups had three weeks to solve it and deliver a final presentation. The research design made use of mixed methods approach to collect qualitative and quantitative data. Although improvements will be necessary in a future delivery and in the pre/post questionnaire, results suggest that course was important to prepare students for their career in a lifelong learning perspective. L’educazione a un senso d’iniziativa e d’imprenditorialità attraverso il problem based learning Questo contributo illustra un corso universitario insegnato attraverso il problem based learning per educare a un senso d’iniziativa e d’imprenditorialità. A ottobre 2018 42 studenti iscritti a un corso di laurea per educatore sociale hanno partecipato al corso “Metodologie del lavoro di gruppo”. Un imprenditore sociale ha lanciato una sfida riguardante la sua attività, e gli studenti hanno lavorato in gruppo per tre settimane e presentato le loro soluzioni. Il disegno della ricerca ha utilizzato mixed methods per raccogliere dati qualitativi e quantitativi con questionari pre e post corso, valutazioni finali da parte degli studenti, le risposte a una domanda aperta su come migliorare il corso, e commenti da parte di osservatori privilegiati. Benché nella prossima edizione del corso saranno necessarie alcune migliorie – sia per la parte pedagogica che per quella di raccolta dei dati – i risultati suggeriscono che il corso abbia permesso di preparare gli studenti per la loro futura professione in una prospettiva di apprendimento permanente.https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/formare/article/view/3826problem-based learninguniversity pedagogyentrepreneurship educationsense of initiative and entrepreneurshiplifelong learning. Apprendimento basato sui problemididattica universitaria |
| spellingShingle | Daniele Morselli Teaching a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship through problem based learning Formare problem-based learning university pedagogy entrepreneurship education sense of initiative and entrepreneurship lifelong learning. Apprendimento basato sui problemi didattica universitaria |
| title | Teaching a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship through problem based learning |
| title_full | Teaching a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship through problem based learning |
| title_fullStr | Teaching a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship through problem based learning |
| title_full_unstemmed | Teaching a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship through problem based learning |
| title_short | Teaching a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship through problem based learning |
| title_sort | teaching a sense of initiative and entrepreneurship through problem based learning |
| topic | problem-based learning university pedagogy entrepreneurship education sense of initiative and entrepreneurship lifelong learning. Apprendimento basato sui problemi didattica universitaria |
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