Paperback. One-day, one-problem is a unique adaptation of problem-based learning (PBL) pioneered at Republic Polytechnic, Singapore. Here students are challenged each day with a problem from their domain and attain the necessary learning outcomes in the process of responding to the problem. Throughout the day students would engage in small group discussions, self-directed learning and conversations with their teacher who plays the role of a facilitator. This approach to learning and instruction represents a new brand of constructivist learning in a more structured learning environment compared to conventional PBL. This book contains a series of chapters by authors with first-hand experience in the One-day,one-problem PBL approach. Unlike other books on PBL, the chapters are both research-informed and practical. Results of empirical studies into the factors of PBL such as quality of problems, tutor behaviours, scaffoldings, student learning and interest are discussed together with practical implications for the educator.The book begins with an overview of the one-day, one-problem process, providing a viewpoint from both the student and tutor. Republic Polytechnics pedagogical philosophy and epistemological belief of education are introduced with the intent to share how the polytechnic designed and implemented a system that supports the philosophical beliefs. Results and practical implications of empirical studies on the various factors that influence students learning in PBL are discussed. These include the quality of problems and the use of scaffoldings for students learning, tutors as facilitators, preparation of staff for PBL, student assessment, how students learn in the process of PBL and student interest. These include the quality of problems and the use of scaffoldings for students learning, tutors as facilitators, preparation of staff for PBL, student assessment, how students learn in the process of PBL and student interest. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: One-Day, One-Problem (Paperback)
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore, Singapore
Publication Date: 2014
Language: English
ISBN 10: 9814560944
ISBN 13: 9789814560948
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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This essential case study shows how PBL can be reinvented across disciplines, explaining an adaptation of the technique, pioneered at the Republic Polytechnic of Singapore, where students attain learning outcomes through solving curriculum-related problems.

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Glen O’Grady (glen_ogrady@rp.edu.sg) is the Director for the Centre for Educational Development at the Republic Polytechnic, Singapore. He also leads a Problem-based Learning Institute that facilities the development of Problem-based Learning throughout Asia. He has worked at Monash University, The University of Queensland, The National University of Singapore and Ngee Ann Polytechnic and has more than 20 years’ experience in academic staff development in higher and further education. He has run academic development programmes in numerous countries and has published in the areas of Problem-based Learning, Student Assessment and Vocational and Technical Education. He is chair of the International Symposium on Problem-based Learning and is a member of the organising committee for the Pan-American PBL Association. He has been the editor of the International Newsletter PBL Reflections since 2003.

Elaine H. J. Yew (elaine_yew@rp.edu.sg) is the Assistant Director (Academic) of the Centre for Educational Development at Republic Polytechnic. She has more than 12 years’ experience as an educator both as a secondary school teacher and polytechnic facilitator. She has been actively involved in the design and facilitation of PBL in disciplines including Chemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Science, Cognitive Processes and Problem-Solving. She obtained her doctoral degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Erasmus in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and the theme of her doctoral thesis was “How Students Learn in Problem-based Learning (PBL)”. This was a process-oriented study that examined in detail how and what students learn in the RP-PBL process. She has published in the areas of the process of PBL, tutor behaviours in PBL and scaffolding in PBL. Her current research interests include effective facilitation in PBL and PBL in science education.

Karen P. L. Goh (karen_goh@rp.edu.sg) is the Assistant Director (Administration) of the Centre for Educational Development at Republic Polytechnic, overseeing the professional development needs and programmes for faculty staff and implementing PBL initiatives across the institution. She has more than fourteen years of experience in training and facilitating adult learners and students in Singapore. She began her professional career as a teacher, having taught in various educational contexts from tutoring adult learners to specialising in Gifted Education for high school students. She has designed and conducted workshops on problem-based learning, assessment, facilitation skills, adult learning, reflective thinking and student motivation for faculty staff, corporate clients and other educational institutions, as well as conducted talks for various organisations on problem-based learning and pedagogical reform. She has presented PBL papers at conferences in Singapore, Australia, the United States and Mexico. Her key research interests lie in effective facilitation, academic identity and epistemology. She holds a Master of Arts in Higher and Professional Education from the Institute of Education in London.

Henk G. Schmidt (schmidt@fsw.eur.nl) holds professorial positions at Erasmus University and Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Presently, he is the Rector Magnificus of Erasmus University. His research areas of interest are learning and memory, and he has published on problem-based learning, long-term memory, and the development of expertise in medicine. He received numerous awards for his work in medical education, among them an honorary degree of the Universit� de Sherbrooke in Canada and the Distinguished Career Award of the American Educational Research Association. In 2004, the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, announced him to bethe first winner of its international medical education research prize.

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