Team-based learning: Difference between revisions

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'''Team-based learning''' has two distinct usages. It was a term first popularized by Larry Michaelsen, the central figure in the development of the TBL method while at University of Oklahoma, to describe an educational strategy that he developed for use in academic settings.<ref>Michaelsen, L.K., Watson, W.E., Cragin, J.P., and Fink, L.D. (1982) Team-based learning: A potential solution to the problems of large classes. ''Exchange: The Organizational Behavior Teaching Journal 7''(4): 18-33.''''</ref>. The second usage describes a process for teaching and developing people in the workplace.

==In academic institutions==

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===Motivations and Benefits for using Team Based Learning in Education===

Team Based Learning has been suggested to help students who seem disinterested in subject material, do not do their homework, and have difficulty understanding material. Team based learning can transform traditional content with application and problem solving skills, while developing interpersonal skills .<ref name="isbn0-89789-863-X">{{cite book |author=edited by Larry K. Michaelsen, Arletta Bauman Knight, and L. Dee Fink |title=Team-based learning: a transformative use of small groups |publisher=Praeger |___location=New York |year=2002 |pages= |isbn=0-89789-863-X |oclc= |doi=}}</ref>.

Team based learning in education can also be important for developing skills and abilities that are useful for businesses, organizations, careers, and industries where many projects and tasks are performed by teams. Learning how to learn, work, interact, and collaborate in a team is essential for success in this kind of an environment.<ref>Howard Hills (2001) Team Based Learning Gower Publishing Company ISBN 0-566-08364-7 </ref>.

Many of the medical schools have adopted some version of Team Based Learning for several of the benefits listed above, and also for greater long-term knowledge retention. According to a study done by the Washington University School of Medicine, individuals who learned through an active team based learning curriculum had greater long-term knowledge retention compared to a traditional passive lecture curriculum. <ref>https://www.aamc.org/download/154730/data/rime_poster_109.pdf</ref>

==In the workplace==

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Rosenblum, Evans and their associates spent two years understanding how teaching hospitals work and exploring how those processes could be applied to business teams. They identified four principles and five routines to carry over to the business world.

===Principles===

*'''''Problem-based learning''''' - Use problems encountered in the course of work as the context for learning

*'''''Point of the Wedge''''' - Push responsibility combined with support to the most junior person possible