Perhaps it is too early but I cannot see the dates on this email or the lstn
site :-(
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Sent: 21 March 2001 16:44
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Subject: Workshop on problem-based learning
Colleagues may be interested in this workshop being run by the Learning
and Teaching Support Network for Economics (LTSN). Details are below,
and also on their web site: http://www.economics.ltsn.ac.uk/ The site
is also worth having a look at for a variety of other materials.
ANDY BEHARRELL
An Introduction to Using Problem-Based Learning in Economics
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 per person, which includes tea,
coffee, lunch and a workshop pack. Please make cheques payable to the
University of Bristol and send with the completed booking form below to
Bhagesh Sachania, Economics LTSN, 8-10 Berkeley Square, Bristol, BS8
1HH, or supply an order number plus the name and address to which an
invoice should be sent.
Workshops programme and travel information:
http://www.economics.ltsn.ac.uk
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Andy Beharrell,
Biz/ed
Institute for Learning and Research Technology
8-10 Berkeley Square
Bristol BS8 1HH
Tel: 0117 928 7189
http://www.bized.ac.uk
http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk
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