@article{Álvarez Sepúlveda_2020, title={Problem-Based Learning as a didactic-evaluative strategy for teaching history at the university level}, volume={12}, url={https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/2906}, DOI={10.22458/urj.v12i2.2906}, abstractNote={<p><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">Introduction:</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4"> One of the main challenges of history teaching </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">at the </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">university is to counteract </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">“teacher-oriented” education with acti</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">ve methods, such as Problem-Based Learning, which allow teachers in training to develop historical competencies and soft skills relevant to their future professional performance. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">Objective:</span></span> <span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">E</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">valuate </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">Problem-Based Learning</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4"> in </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">history professor training, in </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">five </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">courses</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">Method</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">s</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">:</span></span> <span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">I tested the method </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">between March and December 2019 in 144 Pedagogy students from a Chilean university. The instruments</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4"> for data collection</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4"> were the Likert satisfaction survey, the students’ field notebooks, the attendance </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">record</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">, the rubric designed to evaluate the </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">method</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4"> and the researcher’s diary. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">Results:</span></span> <span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">Overall, the students were satisfied with the method.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4"> However, there were also some limitations</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">, including </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">the students’ lack of familiarity with </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">Problem-Based Learning</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">, the lack of </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">group </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">cohesion and the </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">heavy </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">work</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">load that it requires</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">Conclusions:</span></span> <span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">T</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">he development of soft skills </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">was</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4"> consistent with </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">reports from other fields, but apparently this is the first time the method was tried in the field of history</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4"> didactic</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW56829512 BCX4">.</span></span></p>}, number={2}, journal={UNED Research Journal}, author={Álvarez Sepúlveda, Humberto Andrés}, year={2020}, month={Oct.}, pages={e2906} }