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PBL for Facilities Systems Technology
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In 1998, GateWay Community College received funding from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) for a three-year project to restructure its Facilities Systems Technician (FST) Associates Degree Program into a problem-based learning (PBL) format.
The goal of the project is to develop and implement a two-year training program in which students use problem-based learning to acquire all technical and general education skills needed for an Associate of Applied Science Degree and for work as FSTs in technology-based industries. Students do not take courses but fulfill degree competencies by working in learning teams to solve open ended problems often encountered in the workplace.
The program is designed to foster not only the acquisition of knowledge, but the development of effective skills for problem-solving, self-directed research and study, and team work.
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Team
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Faculty
- Matha Bergin, Sociology/Communications, (martha.bergin@gwmail.maricopa.edu)
- Shahin Berisha, Mathematics, (shahin.berisha@gwmail.maricopa.edu)
- Jackie Fergusson, Science, (jacqueline.fergusson@gwmail.maricopa.edu)
- John Holmes, Facilities, (john.holmes@gwmail.maricopa.edu)
- Geri Rasmussen, English/Communications/Humanities, (geri.rasmussen@gwmail.maricopa.edu)
- Elizabeth Skinner, Reading, (elizabeth.skinner@gwmail.maricopa.edu)
- Jim Staples, Facilities, (jim.staples@gwmail.maricopa.edu)
- Dean Stover, English, (dean.stover@gwmail.maricopa.edu)
- Bill Windsor, Computer Science, (bill.windsor@gwmail.maricopa.edu)
other members
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