It is evident that many students admitted to highereducation in South Africa are ill-prepared fortertiary study. The predominantly behaviorist schoolsystem encourages learnerdependency and superficial understanding and fails toencourage reflection and self-direction. Changingtimes and a more diverse student population haveheightened the need for a broaderrange of teaching and learning approaches at tertiarylevel. As a result, many universities have exploredthe merits of problem-based learning (PBL).Problem-based learning is a different philosophicalapproach to the whole notion of teaching and...