Re: Teachers' Roles in Learning & Problem-solvingHi Harold,

Nice entry. I would add that the problems must also originate in the students. In my own experience, the kinds of problems that students present are often directly connected to real life issues while problems created by teachers are often more abstract in nature. I have seen problem-based approaches to teaching that are really nothing more than disguised content - another way of presenting the underlying curriculum. You know - the dark magic! So the origin and source of the problems that are explored is an important consideration. Change this and a number of other changes (e.g. - assessment, what an "expert" really is, artificially imposed timetables, etc.) will naturally come about.

However, changing that one powerful underlying assumption is a very significant undertaking indeed.