Education and business through project-based learning: a college case description

Abstract

The growing popularity of the project-based learning paradigm, used as an active, student- centric methodology, is related to extended opportunities in terms of knowledge attainment and facilitating the acquisition of several transversal competences such as teamwork, searching for and selecting information, and synthesis and analysis abilities. Therefore in this paper, as a case description, the authors present experiences implementing project-based learning and identify aspects that give both students and teachers the drive to involve all parties in the learning process. Also, a discussion of the innovativeness of using project-based learning in the college study curricula is presented, leaving an open space for further considerations and possible explorations of the effectiveness of using this approach in learning and teaching.