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 ground both areas and provide an overview of the current issues, this volume provides 11 innovative, research-based chapters from around the world and outlines the major threshold concepts faced by those adopting PBL in curricula. It explores threshold concepts in PBL curricula, threshold concepts in disciplines that have adopted PBL, and then examines the impact of threshold concepts on student learning as well as ways of managing threshold concepts in PBL curricula.