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Nair, Sindhu Shantha; Smritika, S. P.; Thomas, Kennedy Andrew – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2020
Teaching and learning practices need to be revisited to revitalize education. The mundane rote learning due to excessive standardization, pedagogical red tape and routinization often become surfeited and such experiences are discussed by students and teachers alike across the globe. The focus has to shift from content and transmission to problem,…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Instructional Effectiveness, Problem Based Learning, Active Learning
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Virtue, Emily E.; Hinnant-Crawford, Brandi N. – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2019
Supporters of project-based learning (PBL) argue that outcomes from the model include better performance in academic (Bell, 2010; Thomas, 2000) and non-academic outcomes (Saunders-Steward, Gyles, & Shore, 2010). The New Tech Network (NTN) is a school improvement network that provides training and development for high school faculty who commit…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Improvement, Faculty Development
Knickman, Kevin; Schulte, Lindsay; Schwemmer, Gabrielle; Young, Henrietta – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This document is a Problem Based Learning project addressing the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the achievement gap issue that lingers in public education. It centers on the ideas of cultural sensitivity as a means of educating all students in an era of accountability. The goal of the project was to address the problem of minority student…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, School Culture, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement
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Gambrill, Eileen – Research on Social Work Practice, 2007
The author suggests that transparency in all venues, including social work education, practice and policy, and the conduct and reporting of related research, will be required to advance the effectiveness of professional education. Possibilities for improving the quality of professional education differ in terms of how evidence-informed practice is…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Social Work, Teaching Methods, Professional Education
Achilles, C. M.; Hoover, S. P. – 1996
Problem-based learning (PBL) has been used in medical education and has been extended to the preparation of educational administrators. PBL should improve education at the elementary and secondary levels because it can be a vehicle for integrating curriculum, constructing alternative assessments, accommodating instruction for longer blocks of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Group Instruction