Creativity in Higher Education: 'Finding the Problem' in Problem-Based Learning
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| Title: | Creativity in Higher Education: 'Finding the Problem' in Problem-Based Learning |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Julie Borup Jensen |
| Source: | Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education. 2025 13(1):1-24. |
| Availability: | Aalborg University Press. Skjernvej 4A, 2.sal, 9000, Aalborg, Denmark. Web site: http://journals.aau.dk/index.php/pbl |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 24 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Problem Based Learning, Creativity, Higher Education, Experiential Learning, Inquiry, College Students, Foreign Countries, Masters Programs, Figurative Language, Cooperative Learning, Manipulative Materials, Social Sciences, Humanities |
| Geographic Terms: | Denmark |
| ISSN: | 2246-0918 |
| Abstract: | This article explores "problem finding" as a lens to highlight creativity in problem-based learning (PBL) in higher education. By discussing two empirical examples from two social science and humanities educational programs at Aalborg University, Denmark, a Deweyan, experiential learning approach is put into play with socio-cultural and socio-material learning perspectives to explore how materials may support students' critical-creative problem inquiry. The empirical analyses point to new insights for creativity in PBL as requiring students to build a certain basis of critical judgment to "find problems", that is, competences to explore and question social and societal conventions, norms, and taken-for-granted worldviews, including those independent of the predefined objectives of their educational quests. The article points to the potentials of integrating materials and metaphors in PBL-project and group work to explore PBL and critical creativity as interconnected and, in some respects, mutual prerequisites for PBL in higher education. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1492495 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This article explores "problem finding" as a lens to highlight creativity in problem-based learning (PBL) in higher education. By discussing two empirical examples from two social science and humanities educational programs at Aalborg University, Denmark, a Deweyan, experiential learning approach is put into play with socio-cultural and socio-material learning perspectives to explore how materials may support students' critical-creative problem inquiry. The empirical analyses point to new insights for creativity in PBL as requiring students to build a certain basis of critical judgment to "find problems", that is, competences to explore and question social and societal conventions, norms, and taken-for-granted worldviews, including those independent of the predefined objectives of their educational quests. The article points to the potentials of integrating materials and metaphors in PBL-project and group work to explore PBL and critical creativity as interconnected and, in some respects, mutual prerequisites for PBL in higher education. |
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| ISSN: | 2246-0918 |
