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Deep and Surface Learning in Problem-Based Learning: A Review of the Literature
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Dolmans, Diana H. J. M.; Loyens, Sofie M. M.; Marcq, Hélène; Gijbels, David – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2016
In problem-based learning (PBL), implemented worldwide, students learn by discussing professionally relevant problems enhancing application and integration of knowledge, which is assumed to encourage students towards a deep learning approach in which students are intrinsically interested and try to understand what is being studied. This review…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Learning Strategies, Literature Reviews, Thinking Skills
Transformative Learning Theory: A Neurobiological Perspective of the Role of Emotions and Unconscious Ways of Knowing.
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Taylor, Edward W. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2001
Describes from a neurobiological perspective the interdependence of emotion and reason. Examines the contribution of implicit memory to unconscious cognitive processes. Explores the implications of emotion and implicit memory for transformative learning. (Contains 64 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Learning Theories, Memory, Multiple Intelligences
Achieving Perspective Transformation.
Nowak, Jens – 1981
Perspective transformation is a consciously achieved state in which the individual's perspective on life is transformed. The new perspective serves as a vantage point for life's actions and interactions, affecting the way life is lived. Three conditions are basic to achieving perspective transformation: (1) "feeling" experience, i.e.,…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Development, Individual Development