One-Day, One-Problem An Approach to Problem-based Learning
One-day, one-problem is a unique adaptation of problem-based learning (PBL) pioneered at Republic Polytechnic, Singapore. Here students are challenged each day with a problem from their domain and attain the necessary learning outcomes in the process of r
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Glen O’Grady Elaine H.J. Yew Karen P.L. Goh Henk G. Schmidt l
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One-Day, One-Problem An Approach to Problem-based Learning
Editors Glen O’Grady Republic Polytechnic Singapore Karen P.L. Goh Republic Polytechnic Singapore
Elaine H.J. Yew Republic Polytechnic Singapore Henk G. Schmidt Erasmus University Rotterdam The Netherlands
ISBN 978-981-4021-74-6 ISBN 978-981-4021-75-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-4021-75-3 Springer Singapore Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012934951 # Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2012
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Foreword
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Republic Polytechnic (RP), and the publication of this book is a timely tribute to our staff, students and education partners who have embarked on an exciting educational journey with us. We opened our doors to our first intake of 800 students in 2003 and have now expanded our student population to approximately 14,000. As the first educational institution in Singapore to adopt a problem-based learning (PBL) approach for all our full-time diploma programmes, we have been deeply committed to nurturing a spirit of innovation, a culture of problem-solving and a life-long learning attitude among our l
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