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Caltabiano, Marie; Errington, Ed; Ireland, Lynette; Sorin, Reesa; Nickson, Amanda – Asian Journal of University Education, 2018
This paper reports on the use of role-play as a scenario-based learning approach in the teaching of counselling skills, client assessment and diagnostic interviewing within psychological training. While role-play is not a new technique in teaching such skills, its use is generally reserved for the training of higher level students. This paper…
Descriptors: Role Playing, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Study, Counselor Training
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Ward, Lauren; Lyden, Sarah; Fitzallen, Noleine – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2016
Context based learning (CBL) is a powerful tool that utilises areas of student interest framed in meaningful contexts to foster development of new skills and understanding. For middle school students, engineering activities that relate to real-world problems provide suitable CBL contexts for acquiring conceptual scientific and mathematical…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Engineering Technology, Middle School Students, Teaching Methods
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Matthew, Anne; Butler, Des – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
In Australian law schools didactic pedagogies such as lectures devoted to the transmission of theory and knowledge to a largely passive audience still predominate. However, curriculum design embedding authentic learning pedagogies has been shown to be supportive of student learning. The challenge in adopting such curriculum design is how to offer…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Law Students, Curriculum Design, Case Studies
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Mate, Karen; Sim, Alistair; Weidenhofer, Judith; Milward, Liz; Scott, Judith – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2013
A blended approach encompassing problem-based learning (PBL) and structured inquiry was used in this laboratory exercise based on the congenital disease Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), to introduce commonly used techniques in biomolecular analysis within a clinical context. During a series of PBL sessions students were presented with several…
Descriptors: Diseases, Molecular Biology, Science Instruction, Problem Based Learning
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Blackburn, Greg – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2015
The study investigates (1) the effectiveness of using eLearning-embedded stories and pictures in order to improve learning outcomes for students and (2) how universities can adopt innovative approaches to the creation of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) resources and embed them in educational technology for teaching domain-specific content, such as…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, College Freshmen
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Dadd, Kelsie A. – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2009
A modified form of problem-based learning (PBL) with problems based on real workplace scenarios was trialled in a third year university class on Environmental Geology. Problems were developed in consultation with industry and based on their recent projects. These were then modified to allow for the shorter timeframe available, the less developed…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Geology, College Science, Undergraduate Students
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Edwards, Susan; Hammer, Marie – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2007
Problem Based Learning (PBL) has been used with increased frequency in Higher Education settings since first introduced by Barrows and Tamblyn during the 1980's. Since this time PBL has been used in medical, engineering and education faculties to support pre-service students in the acquisition of skills and content knowledge relevant to their…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Early Childhood Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary Education
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Edwards, Suzy – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2005
This article presents a case example of a unit of study conducted in an Australian university that interfaced online and problem-based learning. The case example is presented in relation to the broader social, economic and technological climate characterizing higher education in the twenty-first century. Monash University's response to changes in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Units of Study