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Dive into Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and enhance your teaching strategies. This course will equip you with the knowledge to articulate PBL concepts, provide real-world examples, and implement them effectively in your classroom. You'll learn to navigate through ill-structured problems, define them, and guide students in generating solutions. Understand the importance of self-directed learning and discover ways to engage all students, especially those struggling academically. After completing this course, you will be prepared to foster an environment where every student can thrive.
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Class Objectives • Be able to understand and articulate Problem Based Learning (PBL) • Be able to list examples and ways to use PBL in a future classroom • Be able to demonstrate PBL
Problem Based Learning • Where it came from? • Why? • What is most effective?
Problem-based learning typically follow prescribed steps: • Presentation of an "ill-structured" (open-ended, "messy") problem • Problem definition or formulation (the problem statement) • Generation of a "knowledge inventory" (a list of "what we know about the problem" and "what we need to know") • Generation of possible solutions • Formulation of learning issues for self-directed and coached learning • Sharing of findings and solutions
You are the instructor of the course and some students are not performing well academically. How will you make sure all of your students have learned/retained the material in order to prepare them for their future career? How will you help them ‘succeed’?
What is problem based learning? How would you use it in the classroom?