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	Non-Refereed Presentation (Snapshot) Monday 11:15 - 12:10 The roles Of participants In problem-based learning: A small-scale Action Research project in the Teaching In Higher Education Certificate programme, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore Kathryn Goh Temasek Polytechnic hoonbee@tp.edu.sg Moira Lee Temasek Polytechnic leegc@tp.edu.sg This small-scale action research is set in the context of the Learning Academy of Temasek Polytechnic (TP), Singapore. TP’s corporate goal is to provide quality education, through quality people, in a quality environment, to achieve quality student learning outcomes. The Polytechnic is committed to excellence in learning and teaching and provides an array of professional development opportunities to staff members. The Teaching in Higher Education Certificate (THEC) programme is an in-service 90-hour programme which provides educational professional development in higher education to lecturers who are new to the teaching profession. In keeping with TP’s commitment to problem-based learning (PBL), 18 hours of the THEC programme is set aside to induct new lecturers to the principles and processes of PBL. The participants experience the PBL process and learn pedagogical knowledge through solving real-life problems that they are likely to encounter in their learning-teaching contexts. This action research focuses on the roles of participants engaged with PBL. Roles put players in the place of enacting values inherent within their positions. People hold to certain values in the performing of their roles. In PBL, facilitator and participant roles tend to be dynamic. Through participant feedback, observation and one-to-one interviews, the research identifies five roles pertinent to participants: fully engaging with the PBL process; listening to others in shared inquiry; opening heart and mind to new learning; widening the content pool; and offering tentative understanding.