Outcomes Based Education, PBL and Kolb’s Learning Cycle Help Forest Engineering Students Learn Forest Operations Planning...

The ability to ‘design and analyze natural resource management plans at multiple scales while adhering to principles of sustainability’ is one of the learning outcomes of the Forest Engineering Program at the University of New Brunswick. One dimension of this outcome is the ability to design and analyze multi year operating plans. The purpose of this paper is to describe the teaching and learning approach used to help students acquire and demonstrate this ability