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Peer reviewedWilkerson, LuAnn; Maxwell, Joseph A. – Journal of Medical Education, 1988
A study of the characteristics and beliefs of medical college faculty undertaking problem-based, small-group teaching methods found (1) adoption of the innovation was influenced by perceived need for change and perceived benefits of that change, (2) adopters tended toward institutional collegiality, and (3) colleague contacts were influential.…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Educational Change, Higher Education, Medical Education
Download full textAchilles, C. M.; Hoover, S. P. – 1996
Problem-based learning (PBL) has gained credibility and some use in institutions of higher education. This paper provides a brief conceptual discussion of PBL and the idea of "problem," and describes one learning model that incorporates PBL as a method for moving students to high levels of learning. The second portion of the paper describes one…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
