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Instilling Employability Skills: A Problem Based Learning Approach
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Vision & Mission
Bahrain Polytechnic to be a world class provider of applied higher education.
Vision
Bahrain Polytechnic produces professional and enterprising graduates with the 21st Century skills necessary for the needs of the community locally, regionally and internationally.
Mission
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Producing Work Ready Graduates
•Well-designed work related problems stimulate learning to ensure students develop technical knowledge & skills plus employability skills
Problem Based Learning
• Educational activities integrate theoretical learning with its application in the workplace (industry projects, work experience, simulations)
Work Integrated Learning
• Generic Competencies: teamwork, problem solving, communication, initiative & enterprise, planning & organisation, self-management, learning & technology
Employability Skills
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Bahrain Polytechnic’s Employability Skills
Employability Skills describe generic competencies for effective participation in the work place.
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© The views expressed in this presentation are those of the speaker’s, and not the QQA
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© The views expressed in this presentation are those of the speaker’s, and not the QQA
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© The views expressed in this presentation are those of the speaker’s, and not the QQA
February 2015
© The views expressed in this presentation are those of the speaker’s, and not the QQA
February 2015
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Problem Based Learning (PBL) Barrows (1980) defined PBL as “the learning that results from the process of working towards the understanding of a resolution of a problem”
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The PBL 7 step process
1. Setting the climate
2. Reaching a shared understanding of the
problem
3. Brainstorming
4. Formulating learning issues 5. Independent study
6. Developing a response
7. Presenting the outcome
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Why PBL?
Teamwork
Self-directed
Problem solving
Lifelong learning
Critical thinking
Communication skills
(Hmelo-Silva, 2004; Tan, 2003)
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Bahrain Polytechnic PBL Model
PBL pilot (2011)
Course Based PBL (2014-2019)
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Future plans Tutor and Student perceptions of PBL
Theme Based PBL Model (2019 - onwards)
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The Motorsport PBL Project
Engineering 1 year project
Introduces small problems throughout the year
Thank you…
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