Problem-based learning is a way of constructing and teaching courses using problems as the stimulus and focus for student activity. This edition looks at the topic in the light of changes since the first edition (1991). There are new chapters on the impact of PBL, and inquiry and action learning.

David Boud, Grahame Feletti

Not just a method; framework for PBL; why is PBL a challenge; good planning; persevering with PBL; conversion to PBL; PBL at Harvard; organizational impediments; selection of health problems; innovation in nursing issues in conventional programme; preparing tertiary teachers; hybrid model at Harvard; case writing at Harvard; becoming a PBL tutor; PBL in mechanical engineering; PBL in social work; PBL in optometry; PBL in architecture; PBL in inquiry and action learning; PBL in law practice; industrial enhancement; PBL in management; assessment in architecture; what should be assessed; strategies for assessment; learning for assessment; evaluating the impact of PBL; PBL - only way? praxis of situation improving; limits of PBL.