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HIGH SCHOOLS BREAKING NEW GROUND IN PBL

Lara Secondary Teachers Workshoping PBL Ideas

Recently two high schools in Geelong, Victoria, Australia embarked on an ambitious plan to establish problem-based learning (PBL) as the preferred pedagogical model for the development and delivery of their curriculum. Corio Bay Senior College (CBSC) and Lara Secondary College (LSC) have begun to train their staff in the design and development of PBL activities with a view to mainstreaming this approach in their learning organisations.

The Principal of CBSC, Mr Stephen Boyle, indicated that he wished to encourage his staff to use PBL as a way of motivating and engaging their students (at all levels and abilities) in a way that would allow all of them to realise their full potential.

CBSC offers two major streams to students in years 11 and 12, one academically oriented and the other vocationally targeted. Mr Boyle believes that the introduction of a PBL approach that uses real learning tasks and a team approach to solve authentic problems will result in substantial increases in learning engagement and a concomitant effect with overall student performance..MORE
 

Education Lecturers, Library & DTLS staff in Gladstone

Library and Division of Teaching and Learning Services combine PBL and Information Literacy

A recent information literacy workshop held in Rockhampton recently has encouraged Gladstone academic staff from the Faculty of Education and Creative Arts to seek assistance from the Library and the Division of Teaching and Learning Services to use Problem-Based Learning activities to increase its students level of information literacy.MORE

Jo Mensinga
Lecturer
School of Social Work & Welfare Studies

PBL at work in social work education

Social workers require a wide skill set to be effective in their profession and it was the belief of the School that the development of these skills would be best served by employing a PBL approach.
PBL develops enhanced interpersonal, team work and problem solving skills, when compared with more traditional approaches to teaching and learning. Emotional intelligence also seems to develop more quickly with PBL MORE
 
Poll Question
Recent studies of graduate attributes for employment have produced similar findings. Which of the statements below do you believe to be the most accurate with regard to these studies?
Generic skills and attributes are rated significantly higher than discipline specific knowledge by both graduates and employers.
While graduates think that discipline knowledge is more important, employers see the generic skills and attributes as more important.
Both employers and graduates believe that generic skills and attributes are as important as discipline specific knowledge.
While employers think that discipline knowledge is more important, graduates see the generic skills and attributes as more important.
Both graduates and employers believe that discipline specific knowledge and skills are the most important factor.


 

Prue Howard
Lecturer
School of Industrial Ecology & Built Environment

A new approach to preparing engineering graduates

Students do not find PBL as easy as a more traditional approach, but they do seem to enjoy the experience more. The generic/professional practice skills they develop allow them to 'hit the ground running' when placed in a workplace environment.

Ultimately, the reputation of our Faculty, and the University in general, is enhanced by graduates that are highly skilled and effective from day one. PBL provides the opportunities we need to produce more of these graduates. MORE

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Role Play Simulation

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