
Problem Based Learning
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a life time. What has this old Chinese proverb and the teaching methodology of Problem Based Learning got in common? In its simplest explanation problem based learning is a training method whereby a problem is set for the student and the learning comes from the way the student researches, discusses, evaluates and finally presents their findings. So instead of the trainer giving out all the information in a traditional lecture the student is asked to work it out for themselves. It is designed to leave the students with real world abilities to perform the role as opposed to spoon feeding the information which may begin to dissipate the moment they walk out of a class room.