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PBL is an instructional method in which students work in small groups to gain knowledge and acquire problem-solving skills. A major characteristic of PBL is that the problem is presented to the students before the material has been learned rather than after, as in the more traditional ‘problem-solving approach’. A second notable feature of PBL is that the problems are presented in the context in which students are likely to encounter the given (or a similar) problem in real life. It is this contextualisation of material which makes PBL an attractive strategy for the education of professionals (cf. Chapter 1).
No doubt, problem-based learning is the basic human learning process that allowed primitive man to survive in his environment. (Barrows and Tamblyn, 1980, p. 72)
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Wilkie, K. (2000). The Nature of Problem-based Learning. In: Glen, S., Wilkie, K. (eds) Problem-based Learning in Nursing. Nurse Education in Practice. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-333-98240-2_2
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