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Although problem-based learning can be implemented on a variety of ways, its main characteristics are the following: | Although problem-based learning can be implemented on a variety of ways, its main characteristics are the following: | ||
- | is **learner-orientated** and **role of the teacher** here is not to provide knowledge, but to **guide and facilitate the learning process** and encourage students apply their knowledge and take responsibility in new situations. | + | * Problem-based learning is a **learner-oriented approach**. "//Under the guidance of a tutor... the students must take responsibility for their own learning, identifyig what they need to know to better understand and manage the problem on which they are working and determining where they will get that information...//" |
+ | * Learning occurs in **small groups** with usually less than ten members. | ||
+ | * Teacher has the role of a facilitator. Not by correcting students or providing them knowledge and guidance but by **asking questions** that the learners should be asking themselves in order to better understand the subject and by encouraging them to **apply their knowledge**. | ||
+ | * New information is acquired through **self-directed learning**. | ||
+ | * The problem learners are dealing with must be **real-world** and **motivating**. | ||
A possible **flow of a problem-based learning course** includes the following tasks from the students: | A possible **flow of a problem-based learning course** includes the following tasks from the students: |