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How can we help both beginning and experienced teachers engage students in today=s diverse classrooms? How can we focus on actual problems that teachers face? This book offers a learning tool–problem-based learning (PBL). PBL is an instructional method that encourages learners to use critical thinking and problem solving as they apply content knowledge to real-world problems and issues. Editor Barbara Levin and the book=s contributing authors believe that if teache… More >>
Energizing Teacher Education and Professional Development With Problem-Based Learning
Barbara Levin’s Energizing Teacher Education And Professional Development With Problem-Based Learning offers an instructional method that encourages learners to use critical thinking and problem solving as they apply content knowledge to real-world problems and issues. The contributors provide field-tested examples of how teacher educators have used “problem based learning” in professional development settings including university based teacher preparation courses, work with experienced teachers in staff development and in-service settings; and addressing frequently asked questions about using this approach with classroom educators. Energizing Teacher Education And Professional Development With Problem-Based Learning is an important and welcome addition to teacher education studies reference collections and reading lists.
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