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Front Matter

• Copyright Statement, Foreword & Acknowledgements

Section 1: Understanding Enquiry and Problem-based Learning

• Understanding Enquiry-based Learning (EBL)
  Peter Kahn and Karen O'Rourke

• Understanding Problem-based Learning (PBL)
  Terry Barrett

Section 2: Designing Enquiry and Problem-based Learning

• Designing Projects for Learning
  Ivan Gibson
• The Evolution from Problem Solving to Problem-based Learning: A Case Study of Earth Sciences at University College Cork
  Bettie Higgs
• Designing a Hybrid PBL course: A Case study of First Year Computer Science at NUI, Maynooth
  Jackie O'Kelly
• Designing a Problem-based Learning (PBL) Module: A Case Study of a Speech and Language Therapy Module at Trinity College Dublin
  Margaret Leahy and Irene Walshe

Section 3: Tutoring Enquiry and Problem-based Learning

• Tutoring Project-based Learning: A Case Study of a Third Year Software Engineering Module at NUI Maynooth
  Declan Delaney and George Mitchell
• Tutors' Experience of Introducing Problem-based Learning to Non-traditional Students on the Higher Diploma in Nursing Studies (Gerontology) at NUI, Galway
  Ann O'Kelly and Phil Noone

Section 4: Assessing Student Learning

• Assessment Strategies for Enquiry and Problem-based Learning
  Ranald MacDonald
• Assessing Project-based learning: A Case Study of an Undergraduate Selling and Management of Sales Module at the University of Limerick
  Conor Carroll
• Assessing Problem-based Learning: A Case Study of a Physics Problem-based Learning Course
  Brian Bowe

Section 5: Listening to Students' Experiences

• Lecturers' Experience as Problem-based Learners: Learning as Hard Fun
  Terry Barrett
• Postgraduate Nursing Students' Experience of Enquiry-based Learning at NUI Galway
  Siobhan Smyth

Section 6: Linking Education to the World of Work

• Design Education for the World of Work: A Case Study of a Problem-based Learning (PBL) Approach to Design Education at Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT)
  Brenda Duggan and Brenda Dermody
• Continuing Professional Development of Occupational Therapists: A Case Study of Problem-based Learning in Work
  Deirdre Connolly

Section 7: Developing, Supporting and Managing Learning Initiatives

• Using Technology to Support Project and Problem-based Learning
  Roisin Donnelly
• Developing Student Information Literacy Skills to Support Project and Problem-based Learning
  Ellen Breen and Helen Fallon
• Coordinating and Managing PBL Programmes: Challenges and Strategies
  Jacinta McLoughlin

Section 8: Reviewing and Researching Learning Initiatives

• Reviewing PBL Together: A Case study of a PBL Programme in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin
  Deirdre Campion and Geraldine O'Neill
• Researching Lecturers' Perceptions of Problem-based Learning (PBL)
  Alison Clancy
• Probell: A Finnish Problem-based Learning (PBL) Research Network
  Esa Poikela and Sari Poikela

End Matter

• Contributors