Problem-based learning (PBL) is becoming widely used in higher education. Popular in the medical sciences, PBL is now finding applications beyond - in engineering, sciences and architecture - and is widely applicable in many fields. It is a powerful teaching technique that appeals to students and educators alike. This book will be of great value to those who want to improve their use of PBL and for those who want to learn more and implement it. It provides compelling accounts of experiences with PBL from eight countries including the UK, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and gives readers the opportunity to understand PBL and to develop strategies for their own curriculum, in any subject and at many levels.
Contributors
Introduction
- Come and See the Real Thing
- No Money Where Your Mouth Is
- Into the Lion’s Den
- Lost in the Mêlée
- But What if They Leave with Misinformation?
- Mixed Models and Mixed Messages
- Overcoming Obstacles
- Forward from the Retreat
- Too Little, Too Late? Carol-Ann Courneya
- Not More PBL
- Why Do They Ignore It?
- Redesigning PBL
- Why Does the Department Have Professors if They Don’t Teach?
- The Students Did That?
- Mature Students?
- To Admit or Not to Admit? That is the Question…
- Why Aren’t They Working?
- I Don’t Want to Be a Groupie
- Reflecting on Assessment
- Assessable Damage
- They Just Don’t Pull Their Weight
David Prideaux, Bren Gannon, Elizabeth Farmer, Sue Runciman and Isobel Rolfe
Nina Felice Schor
Amy Blue
D Christopher Clark
Gwendie Camp
Marilyn S Lantz and John F Chaves
Ann Sefton
Peter Schwartz
Elizabeth Farmer
Marlene Lindberg and Gordon Greene
Barry Maitland and Rob Cowdroy
Barbara Miflin and David Price
Faculty Development Workshops
Deborah E Allen, Barbara J Duch and Susan E Groh
David Taylor
Emyr W Benbow and Ray F T McMahon
Chuck Schuler and Alan Fincham
Diana Dolmans, Ineke Wolfhagen and Cees van der Vleuten
David M Kaufman and Karen V Mann
Jan Lovie-Kitchin
Alex Forrest and Laurie Walsh
Don Woods
Conclusion
Further Reading
Biography
Peter Schwartz