Challenging Research in Problem Based Learning

Introduction Maggi Savin-Baden Part 1 Curricula Concerns Chapter 1 The problem in Problem-based Learning is the problems: but do they motivate students? Yves Maufette, Peter Kandlbinder and Alexandre Soucisse Chapter 2 The impact of assessment on the Problem-based Learning process. Erik de Graaff Chapter 3 Researching the student experience to bring about improvements in Problem-based Learning Ranald Macdonald Chapter 4 Investigating the Effectiveness of Teaching 'Online Learning' in a Problem-based Learning Online Environment. Roisin Donnelly Part 2 Facilitator Experiences Chapter 5 Practising what we preach? Contradictions between pedagogy and practice in the move to Problem-based Learning. Chris Hockings Chapter 6 Becoming facilitative: shifts in lecturers' approaches to facilitating Problem-based Learning. Kay Wilkie Chapter 7 Researching the dialogue of Problem-based Learning tutorials: a critical discourse analysis approach. Terry Barrett Chapter 8 The emotional dimension of collaborative change to Problem-based learning: the staff experience. Sharron King Part 3 Student Experiences Chapter 9 Learning Leadership through Collaboration: The Intersection of Leadership and Group Dynamics in Problem-based Learning Betsy Palmer & Claire H. Major Chapter 10 The influence of participants' reception of Problem-based Learning on Problem-based Learning tutorials. Dan Jacobsen Chapter 11 Does Problem-based Learning make students 'Go Meta'? Charlotte Silen Part 4 Comparative issues Chapter 12 A comparative evaluation of Problem-based Learning in physics: A lecture-based course and a Problem-based course. Brian Bowe Chapter 13 Medical studies to Literary studies: Adapting paradigms of Problem-based Learning process for new disciplines Bill Hutchings and Karen O'Rourke Chapter 14 Exploring the impact of discipline-based padagogy on Problem-Based Learning through interpretive meta ethnography Maggi Savin-Baden and Kay Wilkie Epilogue Glossary Bibliography Index