PHYSIOLOGY OF THERMODYNAMICS AND THERMOREGULATION AS TEACHING MATERIALS PROBLEM BASED LEARNING (PBL) LEARNING METHOD

Abstract

The problem based learning (PBL) learning method is a learning method for students. Students will be divided into small groups, each group consisting of ten to 15 students and guided by a tutor as a facilitator. In tutorial discussions, it is necessary to appoint one person as the chairman of the discussion and one person as the secretary. The discussion leader and secretary are appointed in turn for each scenario so that all students have the opportunity to practice as leaders in discussions. Therefore it is necessary to understand and carry out the roles and tasks of each in the tutorial so that the learning objectives are achieved. Before the discussion begins, the tutor will open the discussion with introductions between the tutor and students as well as between students. The chairman of the discussion assisted by the secretary leads the discussion by using seven steps or seven jumps to discuss the problems in the scenario. Several teaching materials are needed in the implementation of PBL. One of these teaching materials is the learning module. The learning modules presented in this section are thermodynamics and thermoregulation physiology modules.