Search for dissertations about: "problem-based learning"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words problem-based learning.

  2. 1. Problem-based and conventional medical education from a student perspective : a qualitative analysis comparing students' experience of medical education, approach to learning and reading comprehension

    Author : Ameneh Rahimi; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Problem-Based Learning PBL ; medical education; learning approach; learning outcome; attitudes; experimental design; qualitative analysis.;

    Abstract : The study is primarily an empirical investigation to students' experiences of university education, approaches to learning and comprehension of a learning task. Sixty medical students, equally distributed over a PBL and a traditional medical school have participated in this study. READ MORE

  4. 2. Learning physiotherapy : the impact of formal education and professional experience

    Author : Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Physiotherapy; problem-based learning; formal education; professional experience; discourse; basic concepts; qualitative analysis; phenomenography; conceptions; contextual analysis;

    Abstract : The aim is to describe and analyse physiotherapeutic learning through formal education and professional experience. The investigation focuses on the students' ways of experiencing the concepts of Health, Movement, Function and Interaction. READ MORE

  5. 3. Educational studies in heat and power technology : how students learn with multimedia tools and problem-based learning

    Author : Yacine Abbes; Torsten Fransson; Per Lundqvist; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; qualitative study; multimedia; learning; learning theory; problem-based learning; Education; Pedagogik;

    Abstract : Higher education is undergoing continuous changes and new learning tools and methods are implemented. Researchers in education do not always agree upon the effectiveness of some of the methods introduced into engineering education. READ MORE

  6. 4. Developing a Problem Based Learning model for Internet-based teaching in academic oral health education

    Author : Nikos Mattheos; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Problem Based Learning; Datorstödd undervisning; Web-based learning; Problembaserad inlärning; Datorsimulering; Virtual Classroom; Multimedia i undervisningen; Dental Education; Internet-based Learning;

    Abstract : Problem Based Learning (PBL) has been fully or partly adopted by several medical and dental schools throughout the world, but only few attempts have been made to adjust this method to Distance Learning (DL) environments. It appears that the interaction demands of PBL could not be easily facilitated by the technologies used for DL in the past. READ MORE

  7. 5. Developing and Assessing Professional Competencies: a Pipe Dream? : Experiences from an Open-Ended Group Project Learning Environment

    Author : Mats Daniels; Arnold Pears; Michael Thuné; Steven Seidman; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Computing education research; engineering education research; computer science; open-ended group project; professional competencies; action research; educational research framework; learning; communities of practice; constructivism; conceptual change; threshold concepts; problem based learning; ill-structured problem solving; international student collaboration; constructive controversy; reflection; Datavetenskap med inriktning mot datavetenskapens didaktik; Computer Science with specialization in Computer Science Education Research;

    Abstract : Professional competencies are explicitly identified in the primary learning outcomes for science and engineering degrees at many tertiary institutions.  Fulfillment of the requirements to equip our students with these skills, while formally acknowledged as important by all stakeholders, can be hard to demonstrate in practice. READ MORE