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PBL in the School System

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Pre-university Engineering Education

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Young people need a wider range of competences than ever before to flourish, in a globalised economy and in increasingly diverse societies. Many will work in jobs that do not yet exist. Many will need advanced linguistic, intercultural and entrepreneurial capacities. Technology will continue to change the world in ways we cannot imagine.

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  1. Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden

    Anette Kolmos

  2. Aalborg Centre for Problem Based Learning in Engineering, Science and Sustainability, Aalborg University, Denmark

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  2. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

    Marc J. de Vries

  3. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

    Lena Gumaelius

  4. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

    Inga-Britt Skogh

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Kolmos, A. (2016). PBL in the School System. In: Vries, M.J.d., Gumaelius, L., Skogh, IB. (eds) Pre-university Engineering Education. International Technology Education Studies, vol 1. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-621-7_9

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