TfL's problem-solving projects have been shortlisted on three occasions for the Goldstein Award, an international award that recognises excellence in POP initiatives, winning twice in 2006 and 2011 (see Goldstein Award Winners 1993 2010).
These interviews lasted for approximately 1 h each; the first half of the interview centered on the drafted individual school model, while the second half focused on gaining deeper understanding of two particular critical components (problem-solving projects and partner-supported instruction) in each school that identified these as important pieces of their models.
These men and women are artisans in the classroom, crafting real-world assignments, developing simulations, building partnerships, fostering problem-solving projects, all of which help students better understand and embrace their education.
From a theoretical point of view, we have limited reflective practice to situations of problem-solving by project leaders of innovation projects.
The teaching style may be quite different from a British university, with small class sizes (VSNU says there is usually one tutor for every 20 students), lots of discussion, problem-solving and project work.
When it comes to collaborative problem-solving and project-based learning, Gove has a lot to say, none of it positive.
In terms of the competition, there are many problem-solving websites and competitions (Art of Problem Solving, Project Euler, TopCoder, Kaggle, IXL, Peking online judge and other online judge sites, etc)., but not a lot of very active problem-solving communities.
By focussing on the critical incident method, we ensured that in the case studies, the problem-solving behaviour of the project leader formed the unit of study.
For the purpose of the present study, therefore, the act of problem-solving behaviour of the project leader was more important than the effect it had in terms of success.
