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Courses and workshops: Pedagogical development at Aalto Design Factory

Marcela Acosta 03/03/2016

Alongside the pedagogical development services currently offered at Design Factory through courses, we sometimes get special request for pedagogical development workshops. Recently ADF was happy to welcome a group of Korean high school teachers looking to improve their pedagogical skills in an environment fostering entrepreneurship.

The workshop, in which the teachers reflected on what good teaching is, and what are some entrepreneurial skills, was based on the work by Tua Björklund, Elina Kähkönen and Maria Clavert.

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What works: Research-based handy tips and tricks for the curious professor – Part 5

Marcela Acosta 09/12/2015

Series Part 5: The role of the teacher

When using the PBL method, the role of a teacher changes from being a lecturer to facilitating the learning process. Producing learning is not dependent on teachers’ ability to transfer knowledge to students. Rather, it depends on their ability to actively participate in their own learning process.

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Experiments, Passion-Based Learning Clavert, Design-based learning, Education, Kähkönen, Korpelainen, Learning, Multidisciplinary, Nordstrom, Passion-based learning, PBL, Teaching

What works: Research-based handy tips and tricks for the curious professor – Part 4

Marcela Acosta 02/12/2015

Series Part 4: PBL actitivities

PBL activities apply theory to practice through real-life problems that can be accomplished only with support of a master in the field. In this situated learning, rather than separating theoretical knowledge learned in class from the practical application, students search for the knowledge needed to carry out a particular situated task, giving context to the knowledge, which is created or presented through participation, concrete doing, active thinking, and problem-solving. This way students focus on the how instead of the what.

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What works: Research-based handy tips and tricks for the curious professor – Part 2

Marcela Acosta 18/11/2015

Part 2: The Environment

Immersing the student in an environment that favours activity and experience, and fosters immediate engagement, promotes knowledge and the development of soft skills. By feeling part of a supportive community, the student moves from completion of tasks to a more central role. A supportive environment provides a safe space for failure and promotes taking risks. It facilitates the mixing of study time and free time to support informal learning, which, like social learning, is about learning from others through active learning, social interaction, and belonging.

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What works: Research-based handy tips and tricks for the curious professor – Part 1

Marcela Acosta 10/11/2015

Series Part 1: Introduction to ADF ways of working

This series explores different topics surrounding pedagogical development. Aalto Design Factory uses the principles of Design-based learning to provide a physical platform for passion-based learning, or problem-based learning (PBL).

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