The challenge of problem-based learning / edited by David Boud and Grahame I. Feletti.

Previous ed.: London: Kogan Page, 1991.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Changing problem-based learning -- Not just a method but a way of learning -- Towards a framework for problem-based curricula -- Why is problem-based learning a challenge? -- Good planning is not enough -- Persevering with problem-based learning -- Conversion to problem-based learning in 15 months -- Initiating problem-based learning at Harvard Medical School -- Organisational and institutional impediments to a problem-based approach -- Selection of health problems for a problem-based curriculum -- Responding to 'non-traditional' students: an enquiry and action approach -- Preparing tertiary teachers for problem-based learning -- Ensuring that students develop an adequate, and well-structured, knowledge base -- A hybrid model of problem-based learning -- Case writing: case writers' perspectives -- Becoming a problem-based tutor: increasing self-awareness through faculty development -- Issues in implementation in an otherwise conventional programme -- A problem-based module in mechanical engineering -- Use of an issue-based approach in social work education -- Problem-based learning in optometry -- Problem-based learning for architecture and construction management -- Problem-based learning in an integrated nursing curriculum -- Applying problem-based learning to practical legal training -- Industrial enhancement through problem-based learning -- Experiences with problem-based learning in business and managment -- Accreditation and assessment in architecture -- Assessment in problem-based learning -- Strategies for student assessment -- Learning from the assessment of problem-solving -- What can we learn from programme evaluation studies in medical education? -- Is problem-based learning the only way? -- Towards a praxis of situtation improving -- The limits of problem-based learning.

Problem-based learning is a way of constructing and teaching courses using problems as the stimulus and focus for student activity. This edition includes a wide variety of case studies as well as substantial revisions in the light of recent changes.