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Haugen, Harald; Ask, Bodil; Bratseth, Birgit O.; Engelsen, Knut Steinar; Lysne, Svein Ove; Tvedte, Jostein – 2000
This paper describes a revised teacher training program that includes Internet-based learning materials, thus demonstrating the dual mode system in which both off- and on-campus studies are integrated. The first section discusses the changing role of the teacher, including traditional teacher education and new challenges imposed by technology. The…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning, Distance Education, Educational Change
Lawanto, Oenardi – National Center for Engineering and Technology Education, 2005
Working on an open-ended task such as designing an engineering artifact is a rich learning experience for students, although they generally receive little direct guidance and instruction from their professors. In order to be successful on such a task, students need to set reasonable goals for themselves and adopt intrinsic standards for success so…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Engineering, Technology Education, Learning Experience
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Feldman, Eva; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1980
The key faculty teaching skills needed at McMaster University are those of facilitating problem-based, self-directed learning in small groups. A series of interdisciplinary workshops, offered to the school's medical faculty and to faculty from other health sciences centers to help them improve their skills, allows for direct observation, practice,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Walker, Allan; And Others – Journal of Educational Administration, 1996
Describes and analyzes an effort to introduce problem-based learning (PBL) into a Chinese cultural setting--an educational administration course at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Discusses tensions between Eastern students' perceptions of teachers as "wise persons" and a Western discovery-learning philosophy, ameliorative…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Cultural Influences, Discovery Learning, Educational Administration
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Harada, Violet; Kim, Linda – Knowledge Quest, 2003
Considers how school library media specialists can collaborate with teachers to transform conventional topical units into problem-based projects and gives examples from classrooms in Hawaii. Highlights include focusing on real-life problems; seeking and using information for the projects; hands-on learning; student roles in making decisions; and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Seeking
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Townsend, Grant C.; And Others – Journal of Dental Education, 1997
Describes and assesses the University of Adelaide (Australia) dental school's problem-based learning approach and five-year curriculum, including program design, instructional modules based on clinical situations, use of student reflective journals, and course evaluation. Introduction of the new curriculum has resulted in student perceptions that…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Curriculum Design, Dental Schools, Educational Objectives
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Wooller, Judith; Warner, Lesley – Education in Rural Australia, 2001
An Australian distance-learning college course for women uses problem-based learning to refresh their study skills, since many are rural adults that have been away from school for some time. Metacognitive and reflective cycles activate student thinking patterns, and assigned activities complement and reinforce awareness of those skills. (TD)
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Programs, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
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Saye, John W.; Brush, Thomas – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2002
Advances a line of research that investigates the potential of hypermedia resources and scaffolding for supporting problem-based social studies and developing critical reasoning. The line of inquiry consists of a series of generative design experiments that informs problem-based curriculum development. The experiments examined 11th grade U.S.…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Educational Environment, Grade 11
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Engel, Francoise E.; Hendricson, William D. – Journal of Dental Education, 1994
A case-based, student-centered instructional model designed to mimic orthodontic problem solving and decision making in dental general practice is described. Small groups of students analyze case data, then record and discuss their diagnoses and treatments. Students and instructors rated the seminars positively, and students reported improved…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis, Decision Making
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Richards, Boyd F.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1996
A study compared the performances of Wake Forest University (North Carolina) medical students rotating through an internal medicine program, 88 in a problem-based curriculum and 364 in a lecture-based curriculum. Students in the problem-based curriculum received significantly higher ratings from house staff and faculty on four clinical rating…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Clinical Experience, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Design
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Winslade, Nancy – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1994
The process of revising a University of Toronto (Canada) final-year undergraduate pharmacy therapeutics course to incorporate the principles of pharmaceutical care and problem-based learning is detailed. The final course outline and results of a course evaluation are also included. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Course Content, Course Descriptions
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Pavelich, Michael J.; And Others – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1995
In an integrated four-course sequence, Colorado School of Mines engineering and science students work on open-ended, real-world problems prepared by government agencies and private companies that interact as clients with student teams. The program fosters intellectual development, teamwork, and communication skills. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Instruction, College Science, College Sophomores
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Suwanwela, Charas; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1993
Innovative medical school programs discussed include a problem-based, village-centered rural program in the Philippines, a problem-oriented rural program of community medicine in Thailand, a problem-based curriculum in China, and four restructured medical curricula in the United States. Focus is on the results of the changes. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Comparative Education, Curriculum Design, Educational Innovation
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Lush, Richard M., III; And Others – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1993
A graduate pharmacy course in experimental design for clinical research is described. Students work in groups to design clinically feasible, statistically valid studies on assigned problems. Individual students also perform statistical analyses on data sets generated from similar clinical studies conducted by faculty. Observations about grading…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Course Descriptions, Course Organization, Grading
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Maxwell, Joseph A.; Wilkerson, Luann – Academic Medicine, 1990
A curriculum involving reduced lecture time, small-group tutorials, a commitment to problem-based learning (PBL), and a strong reliance on self-directed study, was implemented at Harvard Medical School in 1985. This study focuses on the attitudes of 14 faculty tutors who had never tutored in a PBL curriculum. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Educational Innovation, Higher Education, Independent Study
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