Theoretical Aspects of Project‐Based Learning in Higher Education

British Journal of Educational TechnologyVolume 14, Issue 1 p. 66-78 Theoretical Aspects of Project-Based Learning in Higher Education Alistair Morgan, Alistair Morgan Dr Morgan is a Lecturer in Educational Technology, and Acting Head of the Study Methods Group in the Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AASearch for more papers by this author Alistair Morgan, Alistair Morgan Dr Morgan is a Lecturer in Educational Technology, and Acting Head of the Study Methods Group in the Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AASearch for more papers by this author First published: January 1983 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8535.1983.tb00450.xCitations: 47AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Reference ADDERLEY , K et al . Project Methods in Higher Education , Society for Research in Higher Education , Guildford , Surrey , 1975 . BECKER , M S , GEER , B and HUGHES , E C , Making the Grade: the academic side of college life , Wiley , New York , 1968 . BERNSTEIN , B , ‘ On the classification and framing of educational knowledge ’ in M F D Young ( ed ), Knowledge and Control , Collier-Macmillan , London , 1971 . D BOUD , ( ed ) . Developing Student Autonomy in Learning , Kogan Page , London , 1981 . BRUNER , J S , ‘ The act of discovery ’, Harvard Educational Review , 31 , 1 , pp 21 – 31 , 1961 . BRUNER , J S , ‘ The process of education revisited ’, Phi Delta Kappa , pp 18 – 21 , 1971 . BRUNER , J S , The Process of Education , Harvard University Press , Cambridge , Massachusetts , 1977 . CORNWALL , M , SCHMITHALS , F and JAQUES , D , Project-Orientation in Higher Education , Brighton Polytechnic and University of London Institute of Education , Brighton and London , 1977 . CORNWALL , M , ‘ Putting it into practice: promoting independent learning in a traditional institution ’ in D Boud ( ed ). Developing Student Autonomy in Learning , Kogan Page , London , 1981 . DEARDEN , G and PARLETT , M , ‘ Ways and byways through Hampshire ’, Higher Education Study Group, Education Development Centre , Newton , Massachusetts , 1981 . DEWEY , J , Democracy and Education , Macmillan , New York , 1916 . DEWEY , J , Experience and Education , 1938 . DRESSEL , P L and THOMPSON , M M , Independent Study , Jossey-Bass , San Francisco and London , 1973 . GIBBS , G , MORGAN , A R and TAYLOR , E , ‘ A review of the research of Ference Marton and the Goteborg Group: a phenomenological research perspective on learning ’, Higher Education , 11 , pp 123 – 145 , 1982 . HARDING , A G , ‘ The project: its place as a learning situation ’, British Journal of Educational Technology , 4 , 3 , pp 216 – 232 , 1973 . HARRIS D and HOLMES , J , ‘ Openness and control in higher education: towards a critique of the Open University ’ in R Dale , G Esland and M MacDonald ( eds ), Schooling and Capitalism , Routledge and Kegan Paul , London , 1977 . KNOWLES , M S , Self-Directed Learning: a guide for learners and teachers . Association Press , Chicago , 1975 . MARTON , F and SÄLJÖ , R , ‘ On qualitative differences in learning, outcome and process ’, British Journal of Educational Psychology , 46 , pp 4 – 11 , 1976 . MORGAN , A R , ‘ The development of project-based learning in the Open University ’, Programmed Learning and Educational Technology , 13 , 4 , pp 55 – 59 , 1976 . PERCY , K and RAMSDEN , P , Independent Study: two examples from English higher education . Society for Research in Higher Education , Guildford , Surrey , 1980 . RAVETZ , J R , Scientific Knowledge and its Social Problems , Oxford University Press , Oxford , 1971 . ROGERS , C , Freedom to Learn , Merrill , Colombus , Ohio , 1969 . TAYLOR , E , MORGAN , A R and GIBBS , G , ‘ The orientation of Open University foundation students to their studies ’, Teaching at a Distance , 20 , pp 3 – 12 , 1981 . WHITEHEAD , J S , ‘ Denmark's two university centres: the quest for stability, autonomy and distinctiveness ’, Higher Education , 10 , pp 89 – 101 , 1981 . Citing Literature Volume14, Issue1January 1983Pages 66-78 ReferencesRelatedInformation