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Implementing Problem-Based Learning in Politics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2026

John Craig  and
Sarah Hale
John Craig*
Affiliation:
Department of Behavioural Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH, UK
Sarah Hale*
Affiliation:
School of Continuing Education, Birkbeck College, University of London, 26 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DQ, UK
*
E-mail: s.hale@bbk.ac.uk
E-mail: s.hale@bbk.ac.uk
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Abstract

Problem-based learning has a long history of successful use in disciplines such as business, law and medicine. In 2005, a team at the University of Huddersfield received government funding to develop the technique, and a range of related resources, for teaching politics. This article describes the experience of putting these resources into practice with a range of different student cohorts.

Keywords

problem-based learningstudent-centred learningcase scenariosdistance learning

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Type
Symposium
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European Political Science , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , June 2008 , pp. 165 - 174
Copyright
Copyright © 2008 European Consortium for Political Research

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