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Woolcott, Geoff; Whannell, Robert; Pfeiffer, Linda; Yeigh, Tony; Donnelly, James; Scott, Amanda – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2017
Motivated and well-trained science and mathematics teachers are a requirement for sustaining an industrialised economy. The Australian government has funded several projects to satisfy this requirement designed to improve pre-service teacher (PST) education in regional and rural Australia. One such project uses a collaboration nexus model with…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Education, Qualitative Research
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Pepper, Coral – Issues in Educational Research, 2008
Problem based learning is a successful teaching and learning strategy used to engage students in deep rather than surface learning and where the learning is student focused rather than teacher focused (Biggs, 1999; 2003). The strategy is also successful in aligning university courses with the real-life professional work which students are expected…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Learning Strategies, Problem Based Learning, Student Surveys