Toward a More Thoughtful Professional Education for Social Studies Teachers: Can Problem-based Learning Contribute?.

Hughes, Andrew S.

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ERIC Number: EJ622280

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Publication Date: 1997

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Toward a More Thoughtful Professional Education for Social Studies Teachers: Can Problem-based Learning Contribute?

Hughes, Andrew S.

Theory and Research in Social Education, v25 n4 p431-45 Fall 1997

Explores whether problem-based learning experiences foster a more thoughtful learning environment than other educational experiences that prospective social studies teachers encounter. Reveals that the beginning teachers viewed problem-based learning as more thoughtful and investigates whether this finding can be associated with overcoming the barriers to more thoughtful classrooms. (CMK)

Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Course Content, Group Activities, Higher Education, Learning Experience, Preservice Teacher Education, Problem Based Learning, Problem Solving, Questionnaires, Social Studies, Thinking Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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