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Hallinger, Philip; Slowinski, Joseph; Rodriguez, Brenda – 1999
This instructor's edition provides an overview of Problem-Based Learning (PBL). PBL organizes students into teams that work on projects to achieve the learning objectives embedded in each PBL project. The focus of this PBL project is managing technological change. The project is structured around a high-impact problem--one that has the potential…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Problem Based Learning
Roh, Kyeong Ha – 2003
Problem-Based Learning (PBL) describes a learning environment in which problems drive the learning; that is, learning begins with a problem to be solved and the problem is posed in such a way that students need to gain new knowledge before they can solve it. This ERIC Digest discusses many aspects of PBL including PBL and problem solving, PBL and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning, Learning Strategies
Hallinger, Philip – 1999
Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instructional strategy for preparing administrators whose basic unit of instruction is a project. Students are organized into teams and work on these projects to grapple with the problem and to achieve the learning objectives that are embedded in the project. In this PBL project, students design and prepare a…
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Abdullah, Mardziah Hayati – 1998
This Digest discusses Problem-Based Learning (PBL), a method developed by H.S. Barrows (1986), and originally created to prepare medical students for real-world problems by letting them solve medical problems based on real cases. The Digest contends that PBL can situate language learning in the real world by posing problems like those found in…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Inquiry, Language Acquisition
Brown, Bettina Lankard – 1998
The problem-solving approach to teaching and learning has proved especially useful in vocational education as a way to relate classroom learning to real-life situations or problems. The problem-solving method of teaching places the responsibility for learning on students. Educators and special reform groups in other subject areas refer to a…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Classroom Techniques, Educational Environment, Educational Practices
Cheren, Mark E., Ed.; And Others – 1987
This collection, which should be of particular interest to adult education teachers, trainers, and researchers, suggests new models for attaining learning management skills to facilitate on-the-job learning. In the introduction, Mark E. Cheren discusses the need for new models and terms and examines the concepts of learning management and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Corporate Education, Educational Strategies