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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2011.32.3.334

Inservice Elementary Teachers' Perceptions of Teaching Skills and Educational Settings in Implementing a Problem Based Learning Approach  

Choi, Hyun-Dong (Department of Earth Science Education, Kongju National University)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.32, no.3, 2011 , pp. 334-345 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to find out inservice teachers' teaching skills and relevant educational settings that could be applied to an instruction of problem-based learning (PBL). Participants have been instructed PBL teacher training programs and applied PBL into teaching and learning process. Three elementary teachers were selected to participate in the study, and data were collected with semi-structured interviews. The interviews of the teachers in relation to PBL were analyzed by two main topics: (1) the teachers' teaching skills required in PBL and (2) the educational settings in implementing PBL. The results are as follows: First, there is a difficulty involved in the implementation of PBL in that its preparation and teaching process are different from the traditional teaching methodology. However, as a helper who guides the students to self-directed learning in the free and permissible learning environment in which students are motivated to develop their potential effectively, the teachers are to invest their time consistently and to put their efforts into making an effective class in the entire process of PBL. Second, as a method to apply the problem-based learning to the education settings, the teachers must spread the awareness of PBL to fellow teachers, students, their parents and the administrators in education and form the community of the teachers. Most importantly, when the teachers apply PBL in the directly, from the joy of witnessing the changes in the students, they will choose to adopt PBL.
Keywords
Problem-Based Learning (PBL); PBL teacher's teaching skills; educational setting;
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