Editing Problem-based learning (section)

===Ecological economics===
The transdisciplinary field of [[ecological economics]] has embraced problem-based learning as a core pedagogy. A workbook developed by Joshua Farley, [[Jon David Erickson|Jon Erickson]], and [[Herman Daly]] organizes the problem-solving process into (1) building the problem base, (2) analyzing the problem, (3) synthesizing the findings, and (4) communicating the results. Building the problem base includes choosing, defining, and structuring an ecological economic problem. Analysis is breaking down of a problem into understandable components. Synthesis is the re-integration of the parts in a way that helps better understand the whole. Communication is the translation of results into a form relevant to stakeholders, broadly defined as the extended peer community.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Farley|first1=Joshua|last2=Erickson|first2=Jon D.|last3=Daly|first3=Herman|title=Ecological Economics: a Workbook for Problem-Based Learning|year=2005|publisher=Island Press|location=Washington, DC|url=http://islandpress.org/ip/books/book/islandpress/E/bo3560882.html|author-link2=Jon David Erickson|author-link3=Herman Daly}}{{page needed|date=October 2013}}</ref> (a concept developed in [[Post-normal science]]).<ref name="PNS3">{{cite journal |last1=Funtowicz |first1=Silvio O. |last2=Ravetz |first2=Jerome R. |title=Science for the post-normal age |journal=Futures |date=September 1993 |volume=25 |issue=7 |pages=739–755 |doi=10.1016/0016-3287(93)90022-L |s2cid=204321566 }}</ref>