Newman Mark J
Evidence for Policy and Practice Coordinating Center, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London, 18 Woburn Square, London, WC1H 0NR UK.
J Vet Med Educ. 2005 Spring;32(1):12-20. doi: 10.3138/jvme.32.1.12.
Problem Based Learning (PBL) has been adopted in educational programs in a variety of disciplines, including veterinary medicine. There is a voluminous literature on the subject, but it often remains unclear just what is being done in the name of PBL, and different accounts highlight different, often contradictory, positions on the key features of the approach. Similarly, despite the many claims made for the advantages of PBL, the evidentiary basis of such claims is often questionable. This article provides an introductory overview of what appear to be the key features of the approach and a brief summary of empirical evidence on its effectiveness.
基于问题的学习（PBL）已被包括兽医学在内的各种学科的教育项目所采用。关于这个主题有大量的文献，但人们常常不清楚以PBL之名到底在做什么，而且不同的描述对该方法的关键特征强调了不同的、往往相互矛盾的观点。同样，尽管有许多关于PBL优势的说法，但这些说法的证据基础往往值得怀疑。本文对该方法的关键特征进行了初步概述，并对其有效性的实证证据做了简要总结。
