THE USE OF PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING FOR TEACHING GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

One of the primary features of Problem-Based Learning is that it is student-centered.  Student-centered refers to learning opportunities that are relevant to the students, the goals of which are at least partly determined by the students themselves. This does not mean that the teacher abdicates his authority for making judgments regarding what might be important for students to learn; rather, this feature places partial and explicit responsibility on the students shoulders for their own learning. Creating assignments and activities that require student input presumably also increases the li