Examining learning transformation in project-based learning process

• Main Authors: PAN, Gary, SEOW, Poh Sun, KOH, Grace
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Project-based Learning; Learning Transformation; Lewin’s Change Theory; Accounting; Higher Education
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soa_research/1788; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soa_research/article/2815/viewcontent/Post_Print__1_.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper presents a learning transformation framework for analyzing how learning evolves during project-based learning process. Here we adopt Lewin’s (1951) change theory as an analytical lens to examine the project-based learning curriculum at a University called UNI-X. This is a major contribution to PBL literature as little is known about the dynamics of learning during PBL process. In fact, the learning transformation framework can serve as the basis for further research in PBL process. For educators, this study provides them with useful insights on how to break project members’ escalating commitment to previous failing ideas and accept alternative workable ideas. Educators can utilize the framework in post-mortem analyses of projects to devise useful actions for facilitating learning transformation during PBL process.