Week 9

For this week, we were exposed to the learning strategies for Problem-solving and Affective learning.

I guess everyday we are faced with problem-based situations. And all these situation involves some aspects of Problem-solving skills.

The only difference is that the Problem-solving strategies present us a more systematic approach of how to think of solutions to counter/solve the problems at hand.

I think by providing learners a "problem situation" and throw them in the hot soup, it will create a necessary level of pressure for the learners to feel the need to think critically and come up with solutions.

This, in my opinion, creates a deeper impression in the minds of the learners as they really get down and do the task.

I think one example of problem-based learning was shown in another NM module, NM3219, a PR writing module. Students were put into a Crisis Week, where they will take the role of a PR person handling a "crisis" of a fictitious company. Each day of the week, the instructors will release a "problem" and the crisis will sink further. Students have to prepare things like press releases and internal memos and submit to the instructors real time.

This i feel is quite an effective example of Problem based learning.