ABSTRACT
Beginning from where you are is an important principle in problem-based learning. It is a rather obvious principle, but many forms of learning do not recognise it as fully in practice as does problem-based learning. As we suggested in the previous chapter, one possible future line of development is for problem-based learning to be introduced in parts of courses of study, perhaps with a view to building on that modest beginning to more comprehensive problem-based practice. This is an attractive prospect. Few teachers in higher education can look forward to the possibility of designing and developing a whole degree programme from scratch. For many, the example of a fully problem-based learning degree course in a new school of nursing which we described in earlier chapters may appear to be of marginal relevance to their established contexts of long-standing practice.
