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Shipton, Brett – Journal of Learning Design, 2011
Police educators, that is, police and non-police teachers involved in recruit education and training, have traditionally suffered from a lack of organisational focus on developing their teaching and learning practices. The New South Wales (NSW) Police College, which is currently implementing Problem Based Learning (PBL), has begun to take a more…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Problem Based Learning, Foreign Countries, Faculty Development
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Shipton, Brett – Journal of Learning Design, 2009
Education programs for police recruits have often been criticised for their over-reliance on teacher-centred approaches that are less than ideal for promoting functional knowledge and critical thinking skills. Problem-Based Learning (PBL), which is suggested as an alternative, has been criticised for not providing novice learners with appropriate…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Foreign Countries, Thinking Skills, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)