Project-Oriented Education - A Teacher Perspective On What It Is And How It Could Be Applied
Tommy Wedlund · 2006
This paper describes what project-oriented education is and how it could be applied in universities. It focuses on the teachers- perspective on how to plan and implement a project-oriented course, and how it improves the students- skills and learning. The planning is based on the triple constraint model. Implementing the course consists of five project management phases; initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and, finally, closing. The students improve their skills in coordination, decision-making, collaboration, and communication, and they learn about the product of the project. Project-oriented education has been applied to undergraduate courses at Linkoping University.