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Interdisciplinary Problem-Based Learning in Gerontology: A Plan of Action
- Source :
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Educational Gerontology . Nov-Dec 2005 31(10):733-743. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Issues of older adults are often ill-structured and complex, requiring the application of insights from different disciplines to be adequately addressed. Gerontology has often used a multidisciplinary rather than an integrated interdisciplinary approach. Interdisciplinary and problem-based learning (PBL) provide pedagogical tools which teach gerontology students skills for understanding and resolving gerontological issues. The paper presents the concepts of interdisciplinarity and problem-based learning, the types of interdisciplinarity (interdisciplinarity at micro and macro levels of analysis, interdisciplinarity with different attributes of the same unit of analysis), learning outcomes of interdisciplinarity and problem-based learning, the incorporation of interdisciplinary problem-based learning in academic programs, steps of interdisciplinary problem-based study of a gerontological issue, and directions for the future study of this approach.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0360-1277
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Educational Gerontology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ721474
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Reports - Descriptive