Although SoTL research provides results documenting the efficiency of problem-based and project-based learning,
the process of change at the institutional levels all over the world is slow.
Based on research and experience from the UNESCO Chair work all over the world,
I point out seven premises for changing to PBL: governance and educational policy, research and political pragmatism, change at institutional and individual level,leadership, implementation, trust in students’ learning and global societies. These arepremises at very different levels; however, in the global society they all play a role in the process of changing higher education. This essay places PBL in a SoTL framework of inquiry, research, application, and change,
and explains that PBL is beneficial for
students learning key skills.