Includes bibliographical references.

Preliminary Material / Maggi Savin-Baden and Gemma Tombs -- Threshold Concepts and Problem-based Learning / Maggi Savin-Baden and Gemma Tombs -- The Liminal Tunnel / Angelica Fredholm and Charlotte Silén -- Critical Thinking Threshold Concepts in PBL / Dai-Ling Chen and Julie Rattray -- PBL as Learning Vehicle, Threshold Concept or Capability? / Hilary Neve , Kerry Gilbert and Helen Lloyd -- Defined and Enacted Threshold Concepts in Engineering Education / Andrea Gomoll , Krista Glazewski , Cindy E. Hmelo-Silve , Thomas Brush and Jiyoon Jung -- Threshold Concepts in Chemical Engineering Design / Ashleigh Fletcher and Stuart Boon -- Helping University Teachers Embrace Threshold Concepts in Scholarly Teaching Using a Problem-based Learning Approach / Sarah L. Bunnell and Daniel J. Bernstein -- PBL Revisited – Expectations and Experiences / Leif M. Hokstad and Børge Lillebo -- Empathy and Problem-based Learning / Jayne Lewis -- Threshold Concepts in Leadership Development / Ruth Pearce -- Troublesome and Transformative / Gina Wisker -- Conclusion / Maggi Savin-Baden and Gemma Tombs -- About the Contributors / Maggi Savin-Baden and Gemma Tombs.

Threshold Concepts in Problem-based Learning provides a critical discussion and guidance for educational researchers, teachers, innovators and policy makers wanting to explore the interrelationship of PBL and threshold concepts. Beginning with an introduction to both areas and offering an overview of the current issues, this volume delivers 11 innovative, research-based chapters from around the world. It outlines the major threshold concepts faced by those disciplines that have adopted PBL, and then examines the impact of threshold concepts on student learning. What is unique about this text is the way it examines PBL as a pedagogy in which students get stuck in the learning process and the thresholds they encounter as they learn to adapt.