ERIC Number: EJ1159618
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Mar
Pages: 11
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Problem-Based Learning Pedagogies in Teacher Education: The Case of Botswana
Major, Thenjiwe; Mulvihill, Thalia M.
Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, v12 n1 Article 1 Mar 2018
The development of primary school teachers is an important aspect of a country's economic, social, and political well-being. The use of particular pedagogies in teacher education may greatly influence how teachers perform in their classrooms after completing their training programs. This micro-ethnography investigated the extent to which teacher educators in Botswana's College of Education used problem-based learning (PBL) approaches in the development of preservice primary teachers. While the findings of this micro-ethnography showed that particular teacher educators rarely used problem-based learning approaches, the accompanying insights helped to bring a deeper understanding of what is needed for Botswana's teacher education program to shift to a problem-based learning pedagogy on three levels: teaching practices, curriculum policies, and further research within a particular geopolitical context.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Preservice Teacher Education, Ethnography, Educational Practices, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy, Data Analysis, Semi Structured Interviews, Observation, Content Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Botswana
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