Part 1. Curricula concerns 1. The problem in problem-based learning is the problems: but do they motivate students? - Yves Maufette, Peter Kandlbinder and Alexandre Soucisse 2. The impact of assessment on the problem-based learning process - Erik de Graaff 3. Researching the student experience to bring about improvements in problem-based learning - Ranald Macdonald 4. Investigating the effectiveness of teaching "on-line learning" in a problem-based learning on-line environment - Roisin Donnely Part 2. Facilitator experiences 5. Practising what we preach? Contradictions between pedagogy and practice in the move to problem-based learning - Chris Hockings 6. Becoming facilitative: shifts in lecturers' approaches to facilitating problem-based learning - Kay Wilkie 7. Researching the dialogue of problem-based learning tutorials: a critical discourse analysis approach - Terry Barret 8. The emotional dimension of collaborative change to problem-based learning: the staff experience - Sharron King Part 3. Student experiences 9. Learning leadership through collaboration: the intersection of leadership and group dynamics in problem-based learning - Betsy Palmer and Claire H. Major 10. The influence of participants' reception of problem-based learning on problem-based learning tutorials - Dan Jacobsen 11. Does problem-based learning make students 'Go Meta'? Charlotte Silén Part 4. Comparative issues 12. A comparative evaluation of problem-based learning in physics: a lecture-based course and a problem-based course - Brian Bowe, with John Cowan 13. Medical studies to literary studies: adapting paradigms of problem-based learning process for new disciplines - Bill Hutchings and Karen O'Rourke 14. Exploring the impact of discipline-based pedagogy on problem-based learning through interpretive meta ethnography - Maggi Savin-Baden and Kay Wilkie