Problem-Based Learning in Clinical Education The Next Generation

Developed in the context of health sciences education in the late 1960s, problem-based learning (PBL) is now widely deployed as an education methodology. Its problem-solving, collaborative, student-centred ethos is seen as a more appropriate system of pedagogy than earlier ‘chalk-and-talk’ modes. Fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bridges, Susan (Editor), McGrath, Colman (Editor), Whitehill, Tara L. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2012, 2012
Edition:1st ed. 2012
Series:Innovation and Change in Professional Education
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part I Introduction
  • 1. Learning Theories and Problem-based Learning
  • Part II Investigating the Achievement in Student Learning Outcomes in PBL Programmes
  • 2. A Backward Glance, the Forward Gaze: Evaluation in Problem-based Courses
  • 3. Comparisons in Basic Science Learning Outcomes between Students in PBL and Traditional Dental Curricula at the Same Dental School
  • 4. Experiences from Two Swedish Speech and Language Pathology Education Programmes Using Different Approaches to Problem-based Learning
  • 5. The Influence of Two PBL Curricula Contexts on First-year Students’ Understandings of PBL, Approaches to Learning and Outcomes
  • 6. Learning Styles and Academic Outcomes: A Longitudinal Study on the Impact of a Problem-based Learning Curriculum
  • Part III Researching New Technologies for PBL Curriculum Design
  • 7. Multimodality in Problem-based Learning (PBL): An International Ethnography
  • 8. The Changing Face of Problem-based Learning: Social networking and Interprofessional Collaboration
  • 9. Effects of Video Triggers on the PBL Process
  • Part IV Exploring ‘Inside’ the PBL Tutorial Process
  • 10. Japanese First-year PBL Students’ Learning Processes: A Classroom Discourse Analysis
  • 11. Sounds of Silence: Examining Silence in Problem-based Learning (PBL) in Asia
  • 12. Getting on with Each Other: PBL Group Dynamics and Function
  • 13. PBL Tutorials in a Hybrid Curriculum: Opportunities and Challenges
  • Part V Conclusion
  • 14. The Next Generation: Research Directions in PBL
  • Appendices
  • Index