New Approaches to Problem-based Learning

Terry Barrett is a Lecturer in Education Development at University College Dublin where she works with curriculum development teams to design, implement and research PBL initiatives in a range of disciplines.Sarah Moore is Associate Vice President and Professor at the University of Limerick, where she adopts a strategic focus on optimising teaching and learning.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsPart I. Stakeholders Designing Problem-based Learning Initiatives1. Introduction to Problem-based Learning (PBL), Terry Barrett and Sarah Moore2. Designing Problems and Triggers in Different Media: Challenging All Students, Terry Barrett, Diane Cashman, and Sarah Moore3. Designing Authentic PBL Problems in Multidisciplinary Groups, Marie Stanton and Majella McCaffrey4. Students as Essential Partners, Karen O’Rourke, Louise Goldring, and Marcia Ody5. Making Strong Learning Connections: Students Involvement in Improving the Interconnections of Concepts in a PBL Module, Geraldine O’Neill and Woei Hung6. Bringing Problems to Life Using Video, Compare/Contrast and Role Play: Applying Experience from Medical Education to Your PBL Context, Tatum Langford Korin and LuAnn Wilkerson7. Employers’ Perspectives on Problem-based Learning Initiatives, Siobhán Drohan, Yves Mauffette, and Jean-Louis Allard8. Evaluating Problem-based Learning Initiatives, Ivan Moore and Sari PoikelaPart II. Students Using Problem-based Learning to Enhance Capabilities9. Students Maximising the Potential of the Problem-based Learning Tutorial: Generating Dialogic Knowing, Terry Barrett and Sarah Moore10. Shining a Spotlight on Students’ Information Literacy in the PBL Process, Lorna Dodd, Eeva-Liisa Eskola, and Charlotte Silen11. Developing Reflective Practitioners through PBL in Academic and Practice Environments, Marja-Leena Lähteenmäki and Lars Uhlin12. Enriching Problem-based Learning through Design Thinking, Norman Jackson and Fred Buining13. Using Assessment to Promote Student Capabilities, Catharine Pettigrew, Ingrid Scholten, and Emma Gleeson14. The Triple Jump Assessment: Aligning Learning and Assessment, Ntombifikile Gloria Mtshali and Lyn MiddletonPart III. Sustainability and Building Capacity in Problem-based Learning Initiatives15. Planning and Building Capacity for a Major PBL Initiative, Paul Finucane, Peter McCrorie, and David Prideaux16. Empowering Tutors: Strategies for Inspired and Effective Facilitation of PBL Learning, Deirdre Connolly and Charlotte Silén17. PBL Challenges both Curriculum and Teaching, Sari Poikela and Ivan Moore18. A PBL Response to the Digital Native Dilemma, Timo Portimojärvi and Roisin Donnell19. Rethinking Supervision of PhD Work Processes: ProBell Research Group Walking the PBL Talk, Anna Raija Nummenmaa and Merja Alanko-Turunen20. How We Wrote This Book: A PBL Approach to Collaborative Writing, Sarah Moore and Terry Barrett Notes on contributors

"These authors have lived, breathed and researched PBL over a long time, so their wisdom in compiling and shaping contributions for this book is likely to benefit many interested readers."--British Journal of Educational Technology