Understanding Problem-Based Learning (PBL) in Teaching Science

UNDERSTANDING
PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING
(PBL) IN TEACHING SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
KWL Chart
Problem-Based Learning
What you KNOW What you WANT What you LEARNED

TO KNOW
(Blue (Green (Orange

Metacard) Metacard) Metacard)
K to 12 Curriculum vs. Traditional Curriculum
The Science K to 12 The Traditional
Curriculum Curriculum
Student-centered Teacher-centered
Integrated Discipline-Based
Inquiry-based Book-based
Community/culture Limited to a specific
-based set up
Problem-based Information
gathering
The Teacher’s Roles
• Serves as facilitator
• Models thinking and problem-solving strategies effectively
• Structures meaningful tasks
• Works with students to frame worthwhile questions
• Manages the structure of multiple day-to-day activities to produce high quality
outcomes
• Teaches students to set goals
The Learners’ Roles
• Set goals
• Explore and ask questions
• Work well with peers
• Stay accountable to self, peers, and
teacher for project outcomes
What is Problem-Based Learning?
An instructional method which

focuses on the investigation and
resolution of messy, “real world”
problems as a context for students to
learn critical thinking and problem
solving skills. Saga Briggs, informED (2015)
What is Problem-Based Learning?
A systematic teaching method that engages

students in learning essential knowledge and
life-enhancing skills through an extended,
student-influenced inquiry process structured
around complex, authentic questions and
carefully designed products and tasks.
--Project Based Learning Online – Buck Institute
“Your class has just been contacted by an
individual in your locality who will put up a zoo.
You have been notified that within four weeks
they will receive a shipment of different animals
belonging to different groups. The zoo has limited
space, but because of their contract, the owner
must accept all of the animals.
You have been asked by the zoo owner to help
determine the kind of environment that these
animals must have and what to do with these
animals to protect and take care of them. The zoo
owner would like to have your recommendations
within two weeks. How would you help them plan
the set-up of the zoo to be built in order to protect
these animals?”
APPLICATION: KWL Chart
Problem-Based Learning
What you KNOW What you WANT What you LEARNED

TO KNOW
(Orange
Metacard)
A father left 17 camels, as the inheritance to his
three sons. When the father passed away, his sons
opened up the Will.
The Will stated that the eldest should get half of the
17 camels while the middle son should get one-third
of the 17 and the youngest son should get one-ninth
of the 17 camels.
As it is not possible to divide 17 into half or 17 by 3
or 17 by 9, the three sons started to quarrel with
each other.
So, the three sons decided to go to a wise woman.
The wise woman listened patiently about the Will.
The wise woman, after giving some thought, brought
one camel of her own and added the same to the 17
camels. That increased the total to 18 camels.
Now, she started reading the deceased father’s will.
Half of 18 = 9. So she gave the eldest son 9 camels
1/3rd of 18 = 6. So she gave the middle son 6 camels
1/9th of 18 = 2. So she gave the youngest son 2
camels
Now add this up: 9 plus 6 plus 2 is 17, and this left
one camel, which the wise woman took away.
Lesson : The attitude of negotiation and problem
solving is to find a possible solution and being
open to ideas, here the 18th camel is the idea! But
we need to believe first that there are solutions to
every problem.
SESSION BREAK: Animals in Hiding
There is an animal hiding in each sentence below. Can you find the animals?
Example: There's a bee in "I'll be eleven next month." Hint: You'll have to look
in three words to find some of the animals.
1.We can go at six o'clock.
2. It's nice to do good deeds.
3. Take soap and a towel.
4. Most rich people wear fancy clothes.
5. You can keep the watch or sell it.
6. Use a ladder.
7. It will be a rainy day.
8. I came late.
9. Tell me if I should start now.
10. Will a map help you?
SESSION BREAK: Animals in Hiding
1. goat
2. dog
3. panda
4. ostrich
5. horse
6. seal
7. bear
8. camel The llama (/ˈlɑːmə/; Spanish: [ˈʝama] locally: [ˈʎama] or [ˈʒama])
(Lama glama) is a domesticated South American camelid, widely
9. fish used as a meat and pack animal by Andean cultures since the
Pre-Columbian era.

10. llama

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What is problem-based learning and how does it differ from traditional curriculum?

What are the roles of the teacher and learners in problem-based learning?

UNDERSTANDING

What you KNOW What you WANT What you LEARNED

(Blue (Green (Orange

An instructional method which

A systematic teaching method that engages

What you KNOW What you WANT What you LEARNED

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