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Allen, Deborah E.; Donham, Richard S.; Bernhardt, Stephen A. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2011
In problem-based learning (PBL), students working in collaborative groups learn by resolving complex, realistic problems under the guidance of faculty. There is some evidence of PBL effectiveness in medical school settings where it began, and there are numerous accounts of PBL implementation in various undergraduate contexts, replete with…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Problem Solving, Instructional Effectiveness, Skill Development
Problem-Based Learning in Leadership Education.
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Bridges, Edwin M.; Hallinger, Philip – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1996
Leadership education is intended to teach strategies for getting results through others. A Stanford University (California) graduate program for prospective public school principals uses complex problem-based learning projects in which students are required to develop a solution and a mode for presenting it as they would in an actual school…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Communication Skills
Setting the Stage for Identity, Learning, and the Liberal Arts
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Laff, Ned Scott – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2005
This chapter argues that liberal learning can be transformative and foster students' intellectual and ethical development only if we consider its development underpinnings and pedagogic strategies that illustrate that the skills of academic inquiry are the skills of personal development. (Contains 1 note.)
Descriptors: Liberal Arts, Student Development, Cognitive Development, Ethics