Webinar: Challenge-based Education at Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen has a variety of challenges. While some of these challenges take place within the curriculum, many of them are extracurricular. During this webinar we will zoom in on one such an extracurricular challenge, namely the Rethink Protein Challenge. We will discuss how these extracurricular challenges come about and how they are organized. By using the Rethink Protein example, we will give a clear idea on what these extracurricular challenges look like.

To make the link between these extracurricular challenges and the curriculum, the WUR has developed a parallel course “Student Challenge” in which students work on the own learning goals (related to the “I”, “WE” and “IT”) for a challenge. This optional course can be followed alongside an (extra)curricular challenge, and provides students with 12 ECTS. The course focuses on the students’ personal, professional and team development and allows for individual learning paths. It consists of coaching, intervision, experimentation and reflection activities. One of the coaches of this course will take you along in the setup of this course, and gives an insight into how this works in practice.

During this webinar, a student following both the Rethink Protein and the parallel coaching course will give her experiences with both these educational experiences.

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