Learning sciences: students need to work with real problem situations

In the framework of the traditional learning system, students absorb huge information volumes and not always understand what abstract theoretical concepts are needed for. Case-based (or problem-based) learning is designed to compensate for this drawback.

This educational system has been used in law and business schools since the 1960s, has both advocates and opponents, provokes a heated controversy in the academic community.

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