*Problem+-based+Learning

What is it? Barrows defines the Problem-Based Learning Model as: 1. Student Centered Learning 2. Learning is done in Small Student Groups, ideally 6-10 people 3. Facilitators or Tutors guide the students rather than teach 4. A Problem forms the basis for the organized focus of the group, and stimulates learning 5. The problem is a vehicle for the development of problem solving skills. It stimulates the cognitive process. 6. New knowledge is obtained through Self-Directed Learning(SDL) > > to traditional classroom learning. > With PBL, your teacher presents you with a problem, not lectures or assignments or exercises. Since you are not handed "content", your learning becomes active in the sense that you discover and work with content that you determine to be necessary to solve the problem. Principles
 * ** Problem-based learning (PBL) is an exciting alternative **

=principles of problem based learning =
 * Education is based on professional practice and on the tasks that the midwife must be able to perform as part of the profession. A sound theoretical basis is important.
 * Competent performance requires a professional attitude. A great deal of attention is paid to Evidence Based Medicine.
 * Your learning process plays a central role. You guide your own learning process, and the lecturer plays a supporting and facilitating role as a content expert, coach, study supervisor and assessor.
 * The principles of lifelong learning are essential for maintaining professional competence.
 * We aim to provide an appropriate and relevant curriculum.
 * You study in a rich and authentic learning environment. Internships make up 40 percent of the course content. Tasks that are relevant to professional practice provide the basis for the internal training.
 * You are tested in a way that ties into competence-based learning.

Teaching Ideas

Teaching Settings and Modes
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 *  [|Case-based teaching]
 *  [|Clinical teaching]
 *  [|Discussion-based teaching]
 *  [|Experiential learning and field work]
 *  [|Group work and teamwork]
 * <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.8); color: #464646; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,'Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> [|Lab teaching]
 * <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.8); color: #464646; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,'Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> [|Large classes and lectures]
 * <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.8); color: #464646; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,'Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> [|Online teaching]
 * <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.8); color: #464646; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,'Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> [|Service learning]
 * <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.8); color: #464646; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Verdana,'Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> [|Teaching with archival, botanical, and museum collections]