Problem-Based Learning: A Novel Approach to Teaching Safety, Health and Environmental Courses

The educational preparation of safety pre-professionals has concerned for safety educators for many years. A major concern relates to the debate surrounding safety program content as well as student outcomes/competencies. While there is a rich literature that convincingly argues the many sides of this issue, there is little to no research related to the process of safety program curriculum delivery. At the present time, definitive evidence cannot be provided allowing one to generalize about curriculum delivery methods used by safety educators; however, one can postulate that the process used to educate safety students is consistent with traditional teaching strategies (lecture methods) used throughout the American educational system.