sowing the seeds pbl in initial teacher education

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1、10SOWINGTHESEEDS?PBLININITIALTEACHEREDUCATIONJonAScaifeSchoolofEducation,UniversityofSheffield,388GlossopRoad,SheffieldS102JA,EnglandABSTRACTSchoolinginmanydevelopedcountriesispreoccupiedwiththeinculcationoffactualknowledge.Thereisconcern,however,thatsuchknowledgeisill-a

2、daptedincontemporarycommunications-basedsocieties;itlacksapplicability,flexibilityanddurability.CouldProblem-basedLearning(PBL)providearadicalalternative?StudentteacherswhogainexperienceofPBLduringtheirinitialprofessionaldevelopmentwillcarrymessagesaboutPBLintoschoolsand

3、colleges.Innovationisbornfromseedssuchasthese.Traditionalapproachesininitialteachereducation(ITE),strugglingtokeeppacewithchange,riskfallingintoananti-reflexiveabyss,tellingstudentstoteachtowardsunderstandingwhilefailingtomodeltheirownmessages.ThispaperexploreswhatPBLcan

4、contributetoITE.ItreportshowPBLwasintroducedintoanestablishedprofessionalstudiesprogrammeinanITEcourse.ThePBLexperienceisevaluatedusingastudentteacherquestionnaire,groupfeedback,tutorobservationandassessmentoffinalprojectreports.PBLisdiscussedintermsofitsrelationshipwith

5、constructivismandtheextenttowhichitsprocessandpurposesinteachingarereflexivelyrelated.Itisconcludedthatifcertainstructuralandpedagogicconditionsaremet,PBLmaybehighlyeffectiveintheinitialeducationofteachers.KEYWORDSConstructivismEpistemologyInitialteachereducationProfessi

6、onaldevelopmentProfessionalstudiesProblem-basedlearningTeachingViabilityINTRODUCTIONInthispaperIwilldescribeanapplicationofPBLinadifferentsettingfromthosereportedintheliterature.Thesettingisaone-yearpost-graduateinitialteachereducation(ITE)programattheUniversityofSheffie

7、ld,England.IwilldescribehowandwhyPBLwasintroducedintothisprogram.Outcomeswillbepresentedbothintermsofstudents’evaluationoftheirexperiencesandintermsofassessmentofstudents’work.Aswellasparticularissuesarising10fromthispilotuseofPBLinITEthequestionwillbeconsidered:isitposs

8、ibletoidentifycontextualconditionsthatarenecessaryforPBLtobeviableinITE?Iwillarguethattheessenceofwhati