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Problem-Based Learning in Teacher Education

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Editors:
  1. Margot Filipenko

    1. Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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  2. Jo-Anne Naslund

    1. Education Library, University of British columbia, Vancouver, Canada

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  • Underscores the strengths of problem-based learning pedagogy for fulfilling the goals of teacher education
  • Outlines the roles of the stakeholders in a problem based learning teacher education cohort
  • Offers the perspectives of experienced teacher educators applying problem-based learning in practice
  • Identifies the challenges of implementing a problem-based learning approach in teacher education

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Discovering, Uncovering, and Creating Meanings: Problem Based Learning in Teacher Education

    • Margot Filipenko, Jo-Anne Naslund, Linda Siegel
    Pages 1-7

  3. Dispositions for Inquiry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-10
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    2. Exploring Theoretical Frameworks of Problem Based Learning Through Aoki’s Curriculum-as-Plan and Curriculum-as-Lived

      • Jeannie Kerr
      Pages 11-22

    3. Dispositions for Inquiry

      • Jo-Anne Naslund, Lori Prodan
      Pages 23-38

  5. Fostering Inquiry and Active Learning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-101
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    2. The Multiple Roles of the Tutor in a Problem Based Learning Cohort in a Teacher Education Program

      • Frank Baumann, Monika Tarampi, Lori Prodan
      Pages 103-121

    3. “I’m Not Allowed to Tell You”: What Does It Mean to Be a Problem Based Learning Tutor?

      • Lori Prodan
      Pages 123-133

    4. Investigating Cases: Problem-Based Learning and the Library

      • Jo-Anne Naslund
      Pages 135-150

    5. Investigating Social Justice Education Through Problem Based Learning: A Subject Area Resource Specialist’s Perspective

      • Anne Zavalkoff
      Pages 151-172

    6. The Place of Problems in Problem Based Learning: A Case of Mathematics and Teacher Education

      • Cynthia Nicol, Fil Krykorka
      Pages 173-186

    7. Measures of Success in Problem Based Learning: Triple Jump Assessments and E-Folios

      • Anne Zavalkoff
      Pages 187-202

  6. Reflections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-204
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    2. Continuing Challenges and Resistance

      • Margot Filipenko, Jo-Anne Naslund, Lori Prodan
      Pages 205-221

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 223-241
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About this book

This book offers readers a comprehensive understanding of problem-based learning (PBL) in teacher education. Featuring the perspectives of experienced teacher educators, it details the strengths of problem-based learning pedagogy as well as identifies continuing challenges and future possibilities.

The book explains the goals, content, processes and strategies of a successful and longstanding problem-based learning teacher education program at the University of British Columbia. It features contributions from tutors, faculty, school administrators, faculty advisors, school advisors, librarians and pre-service teachers who share their perspectives about problem-based learning as a robust and exciting approach for teaching and learning.

Overall, the contributors to the book discuss the history of the program, its implementation and future directions. In the process, readers discover the ways that problem-based learning has succeeded in preparing educators to teach diverse learners and acquire the professional dispositions necessary for teaching in today’s multilingual/multicultural classrooms.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Language and Literacy Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    Margot Filipenko

  • Education Library, University of British columbia, Vancouver, Canada

    Jo-Anne Naslund

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Problem-Based Learning in Teacher Education

  • Editors: Margot Filipenko, Jo-Anne Naslund

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02003-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-02002-0Published: 22 December 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79131-9Published: 27 March 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-02003-7Published: 15 December 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 241

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Teaching and Teacher Education, Learning & Instruction, Language Education, Lifelong Learning/Adult Education

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