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Question 1

What is PBL?

According to [1], Problem-based learning (PBL) is an approach that challenges studentsto learn through engagement in a real problem. It is a format that simultaneously develops both

problem solving strategies and disciplinary knowledge bases and skills by placing students in the

active role of problem-solvers confronted with an ill-structured situation that simulates the kind

of problems they are likely to face as future managers in complex organizations. Problem-based

learning is student-centered. PBL makes a fundamental shift--from a focus on teaching to a focus

on learning. The process is aimed at using the power of authentic problem solving to engage

students and enhance their learning and motivation. There are several unique aspects that define

the PBL approach.

Learning takes place within the contexts of authentic tasks, issues, and problems--that are aligned with real-world concerns.

In a PBL course, students and the instructor become colearners, coplanners,coproducers, and coevaluators as they design, implement, and continually refine

their curricula.

The PBL approach is grounded in solid academic research on learning and on thebest practices that promote it. This approach stimulates students to take

responsibility for their own learning, since there are few lectures, no structured

sequence of assigned readings, and so on.

PBL is unique in that it fosters collaboration among students, stresses thedevelopment of problem solving skills within the context of professional practice,

promotes effective reasoning and self-directed learning, and is aimed at increasing

motivation for lifelong learning.

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Question 2

PBL vs. SCL

SCL stands for students centered learning which approach to education focusing on the

needs of the students. Students are required to set their own learning goals and determine

resources in order to actively produce their own knowledge and not rely on the lecturer. Unlike

student centered learning, problem based learning allows students to communicate with each

other and this will enable the sharing knowledge process. Student centered learning is focused on

each student's needs, abilities, interests, and learning styles. This will make the students solve the

problems on their own.

Because every student has their own strength and weaknesses, student centered learning

is not a very good approach in order to develop a good student. The efficiency of the learning

process also will be affected and become slower than usual. This is due to the student limitation

and inabilities to solve the problems on their own. While in problem based learning, the students

can help the other team member to determine the solution. This will make the learning process

become more interesting and the students will understand better rather than try to understand on

their own.

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Question 3

What is POBL?

Project learning, also known as project-based learning, is a dynamic approach to teaching

in which students explore real-world problems and challenges, simultaneously developing cross-

curriculum skills while working in small collaborative groups. Because project-based learning is

filled with active and engaged learning, it inspires students to obtain a deeper knowledge of the

subjects they're studying. Research also indicates that students are more likely to retain the

knowledge gained through this approach far more readily than through traditional textbook-

centered learning. In addition, students develop confidence and self-direction as they move

through both team-based and independent work.

In the process of completing their projects, students also enhanced their organizational

and research skills, develop better communication with their peers and adults, and often work

within their community while seeing the positive effect of their work.

Because students are evaluated on the basis of their projects, rather than on the

comparatively narrow rubrics defined by exams, essays, and written reports, assessment of

project-based work is often more meaningful to them. They quickly see how academic work can

connect to real-life issues -- and may even be inspired to pursue a career or engage in activism

that relates to the project they developed.

Students also thrive on the greater flexibility of project learning. In addition to

participating in traditional assessment, they might be evaluated on presentations to a community

audience they assiduously prepared for, informative tours of a local historical site based on their

recently acquired expertise, or screening of a scripted film they have painstakingly produced.

Adopting a project-learning approach in your classroom or school can invigorate your

learning environment, energizing the curriculum with a real-world relevance and sparking the

students' desire to explore, investigate, and understand their world. [2]

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References

[1] PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING. (n.d.). Retrieved November 2012, from San Francisco State University:

http://online.sfsu.edu/rpurser/revised/pages/problem.htm

[2] Project-Learning Introduction. (n.d.). Retrieved November 2012, from Edutopia:

http://www.edutopia.org/project-learning-introduction