Threshold Concepts in Problem-Based Learning

Threshold Concepts in Problem-based Learning provides a critical discussion and guidance for educational researchers, teachers, innovators and policy makers wanting to explore the interrelationship of PBL and threshold concepts. Beginning with an introduction to both areas and offering an overview of the current issues, this volume delivers 11 innovative, research-based chapters from around the world. It outlines the major threshold concepts faced by those disciplines that have adopted PBL, and then examines the impact of threshold concepts on student learning. What is unique about this text is the way it examines PBL as a pedagogy in which students get stuck in the learning process and the thresholds they encounter as they learn to adapt. Threshold concepts and problem-based learning / Maggi Savin-Baden and Gemma Tombs -- The liminal tunnel / Angelica Fredholm and Charlotte Silen -- Critical thinking threshold concepts in PBL / Wdai-Ling Chen and Julie Rattray -- PBL as learning vehicle, threshold concept or capability? : audio-diary research in medical education / Hilary Neve, Kerry Gilbert and Helen Lloyd -- Defined and enacted threshold concepts in engineering education : applied competencies within multi-level systems / Andrea Gomoll, Krista Glazewski, Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver, Thomas Brush and Jiyoon Jung -- Threshold concepts in chemical engineering design / Ashleigh Fletcher and Stuart Boon -- Helping university teachers embrace threshold concepts in scholarly teaching using a problem-based learning approach / Sarah L. Bunnell and Daniel J. Bernstein -- PBL revisited : expectations and experiences : a threshold concept perspective on the facilitator role in PBL / Leif M. Hokstad and Borge Lillebo -- Empathy and problem-based learning / Jayne Lewis -- Threshold concepts in leadership development / Ruth Pearce -- Troublesome and transformative : exploring conceptual threshold crossings in doctoral projects engaged with real world problems in professional practice / Gina Wisker -- Conclusion / Maggi Savin-Baden and Gemma Tombs