Overview
Applies to all higher education contexts including culturally diverse contexts
Reimagines the purpose of university education
Repositions PBL in a constantly evolving ecology for agile learning and teaching
Revitalises PBL for a new generation of learners
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Imagining Agile PBL in a Changing World for Learning
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Imagining an Agile PBL Curriculum for Learning
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Imagining an Agile University for Learning
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About this book
An agile problem-based learning (PBL) ecology for learning deliberately blurs the boundaries between disciplines, between students and teachers, between students and employers, between employers and teachers, between academics and professional staff, between formal and informal learning, and between teaching and research. It is based on the recognition that all of these elements are interconnected and constantly evolving, rather than being discrete and static.
Throughout this book, our central argument is that there is no single person who is responsible for educating students. Rather, it is everyone’s responsibility – teachers, students, employers, administrators, and wider social networks, inside and outside of the university. Agile PBL is about making connections, rather than erecting barriers.
In summary, this book is not about maintaining comfort zones, but rather about becoming comfortable with discomfort. The actual implementation is beyond the scope of this book and we envisage that changing perceptions towards this vision will itself be a mammoth task. However, we believe that the alternative of leaving things as they are would ultimately prove untenable, and more distressingly, would leave a generation of students afraid to think, feel, and act for themselves, let alone being able to face the challenges of the 21st century.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr Henk Huijser holds a PhD in Screen and Media Studies, and has been an Academic Developer involved in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education since 2005. Between 2010 and 2012 he was responsible for the institution-wide implementation of Problem Based Learning at Bahrain Polytechnic in the Arabian Gulf, followed by a three-year stint at the Bachelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education in Australia’s Northern Territory, where he was responsible for online learning and teaching. He is currently an Educational Developer at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou, China, and an Adjunct Researcher at Bachelor Institute. Henk has published extensively in the field of learning and teaching in higher education, including on PBL.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Problem-based Learning into the Future
Book Subtitle: Imagining an Agile PBL Ecology for Learning
Authors: Megan Yih Chyn A. Kek, Henk Huijser
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2454-2
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-2452-8Published: 25 October 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9620-4Published: 05 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-2454-2Published: 17 October 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 195
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Learning & Instruction, Assessment, Testing and Evaluation, Educational Technology, Higher Education, Professional & Vocational Education, Teaching and Teacher Education