An Introduction to Using Problem-Based Learning in Economics
An Economics LTSN Workshop, Tuesday 5 June 2001
Problem-based learning (PBL) is increasingly being used across a wide
range of disciplines in many universities to improve the quality of
student learning and to prepare learners for professional life in a
changing world. By basing learning and the development of skills on the
need to address problems or tasks, PBL encourages more active engagement
by learners with real-world contexts as well as requiring the
acquisition and application of underpinning knowledge.
The workshop will introduce some of the key ideas of PBL, acknowledge
some of the contested areas and enable participants to reflect on its
applicability to their own teaching.
Facilitator: Ranald Macdonald, Associate Head of the Learning and
Teaching Institute at Sheffield Hallam University, Co-Chair of SEDA. His
interests in PBL include research, consultancy, conferences and
workshops in the UK, as well as in the Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden,
Ireland, New Zealand and the USA. Ranald's background is in Economics
and Business Studies and he has been a full-time educational developer
since 1994.
Presenters: Graham Clayton, Teaching Fellow and Peter Pierpoint, Senior
Lecturer in Economics (both at the University of Plymouth, where PBL has
been used since 1995).
Participants: The workshop will benefit all lecturers in Economics
Departments, staff developers, and anyone involved or interested in
educational innovations and in problem-based learning in particular.
Venue: The workshop will be held at the University of Birmingham, the
Staff House.
Cost: The cost of the workshop is 25 pounds per person, which includes
tea, coffee, lunch and a workshop pack. Payment can be accepted by
cheque or invoice.
Further details, including the day's programme, travel information and a
booking form, are available on the Web at
http://www.economics.ltsn.ac.uk/events/pbl0601.htm
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