Problem-based Learning in Nursing A New Model for a New Context [Paperback]

This book provides first-hand guidance for those involved in nurse education who are interested in the introduction of this exciting new strategy for teaching and learning. The suitability of problem-based learning (PBL) as a philosophy for nurse education in the new millennium is discussed through a series of reflective accounts by educationalists who have successfully implemented PBL. Topics covered include the nature of PBL, developing a problem-based curriculum, facilitor preparation, distance learning and assessment for PBL.Foreword;?C.Alavi.- Preface;?S.Glen & K.Wilkie.- A New Model for a New Context;?I.Burns & S.Glen.- The Nature of Problem-Based Learning;?K.Wilkie?.- Preparation for Implementing Problem-Based Learning;?C.Gibbon.- Introducing Enquiry-Based Learning in Pre-Registration/Undergraduate Programmes;?S.Grandis & G.Long.- Problem-Based Learning in Post-Registration Midwifery;?J.Wise.- Group Dynamics and Dysjunction in Problem-Based Learning;?M.Savin-Baden.- Introducing Problem-Based Learning into Distance Learning;?B.Price.- Assessment and Evaluation in Problem-Based Learning;?D.Marks-Maran & G. Thomas.- An Educational Model for Preparation for Practice?;?I.Burns & S.Glen.
SALLY GLEN is Professor of Nurse Education and Dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Dundee. She has published widely on nursing education. An elected member of the UK Council of Deans of Nursing Schools and Departments Executive Committee and the UK representative on the EC Education and Training Committee.

KAY WILKIE is PBL Co-ordinator at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Dundee. Untlã©