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The challenge of problem based learning / edited by David Boud and Grahame Feletti.

Contributor(s): Boud, David [editor.] | Feletti, Grahame [editor.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : New York : Routledge, 1997Copyright date: ©1997Edition: 2nd edition.Description: viii, 344 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780749425609 (paperback); 0749425601 (paperback).Subject(s): Professional education | Problem-based learning | Professional education -- Decision-making -- Problems, exercises, etcDDC classification: 378.17
Contents:
Changing problem-based learning. Introduction to the second edition -- Part I: What is problem-based learning? -- Part II: Getting started -- Part III: Design and implementation -- Part IV: Examples from different professions -- Part V: Student assessment and programme evaluation -- Part VI: Beyond problem-based learning.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Problem-based learning is a way of constructing and teaching courses using problems as the stimulus and focus for student activity. This edition looks at the topic in the light of changes since the first edition (1991). There are new chapters on the impact of PBL, and inquiry and action learning.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Changing problem-based learning. Introduction to the second edition -- Part I: What is problem-based learning? -- Part II: Getting started -- Part III: Design and implementation -- Part IV: Examples from different professions -- Part V: Student assessment and programme evaluation -- Part VI: Beyond problem-based learning.

CIT Module PLAC 7002 - Core reading.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Not just a method
  • Framework for PBL
  • Why is PBL a challenge
  • Good planning
  • Persevering with PBL
  • Conversion to PBL
  • PBL at Harvard
  • Organizational impediments
  • Selection of health problems
  • Innovation in nursing issues in conventional programme
  • Preparing tertiary teachers
  • Hybrid model at Harvard
  • Case writing at Harvard
  • Becoming a PBL tutor
  • PBL in mechanical engineering
  • PBL in social work
  • PBL in optometry
  • PBL in architecture
  • PBL in inquiry and action learning
  • PBL in law practice
  • Industrial enhancement
  • PBL in management
  • Assessment in architecture
  • What should be assessed
  • Strategies for assessment
  • Learning for assessment
  • Evaluating the impact of PBL
  • PBL - only way? praxis of situation improving
  • Limits of PBL

Author notes provided by Syndetics

David Boud, Grahame Feletti