PBL WORKSHOP AT AALBORG UNIVERSITY, DENMARK.24/11/2014

PBL WORKSHOP AT AALBORG UNIVERSITY, DENMARK.

PBL has been demonstrated to be a successful method for the innovation  of  higher education. Many  universities around  the  world  followed and started to apply  one or another variety of PBL.

The workshop about PBL was held in October  30-31 2014 at Aalborg university, Denmark with the participation of many professors, assistant professors, principal  lecturers and instructors come from EBAPE of Brazil, Sunderland University of UK,  Sultan Qaboos University of Sultanate of Oman and Duy Tan University of Viet Nam.

The expert and Participants of the PBL workshop in Aalborg University

The term PBL covers different pedagogical practices. Sometimes the problem is presented to the students as a paper case description, aiming  to trigger self-directed study  activities. The sharing of knowledge in the student groups replacing  lecturers.  In  other  PBL  curricula  the  students  are  challenged  to  resolve  a  problem  from  practice  working together in a project team.

PBL studied model in Aalborg University

The PBL gives the students the possibility for independent learning to achieve knowledge and skills at a high academic level. Many students also have the possibility of working with the business community to solve real-life problems. The learning model also helps the students learn, how to analyze problems, how to work result-oriented and finally how to do successful work within a team.

The comparison between time Traditional curriculum and Active learning curriculum (PBL):

Traditional curriculum                    

Active learning curriculum   

To integrate with the international education. Hopefully, In the future, Duy Tan University in general and Nursing department in particular will apply successfully this model for all of courses instead of only one course right now to educate  international quality nursing students.

                                                                                                                    Written by Nguyen Dieu Hang