Education in the health professions is placing greater emphasis on “active” learning–learning that requires applying knowledge to authentic problems; and that teaches students to engage in the kind of collaboration that is expected in today’s clinical practice.
Team-Based Learning (TBL) is a strategy that accomplishes these goals. It transforms passive, lecture-based coursework into an environment that promotes more self-directed learning and te… More >>
Tags: active learning, authentic problems, coursework, health professions education, self directed learning
I’m going to start using this learning approach in my classes in a few weeks, and I bought this book to provide me with the basic tools. The cover says, “A Guide to Using Small Groups for Improving Learning.” What’s here is good, but the problem is that many of the specific examples are only citations to the older book: Team-Based Learning: A Transformative Use of Small Groups in College Teaching.
I feel short-changed.
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