This study adopts a contemporary research approach and seeks to identify, analyse, and address some specific process related problems that third year undergraduate translation students' experience when learning law and solving legal problems. This study sought to answer the following question: Is there any change in the affective outcomes of undergraduate translation students with respect to their bias towards surface and deep approaches to learning before and after the problem-based learning intervention? The students' progression in problem solving was measured before and after the problem-based learning intervention to check for change. The second research question addresses students attitudes to learning environments before and after the problem-based learning intervention.

In the design of the B.Sc. (Surveying) curriculum at The University of Hong Kong, there are two major components: the academic core subjects and the Surveying Studio. We identified economics, law, management, and construction as four main subject areas. Subject-based and instructor-centred lectures and tutorials provide the academic underpinning of the curriculum. In addition, the Surveying Studio is designed to integrate and apply the academic knowledge in a professional manner. A multidisciplinary and student-centred learning approach is employed. Students, working in small group, are responsible for their own learning, individually and in collaboration with peers. Based on real world case studies, problem scenarios are designed and developed. A problem scenario is an open-ended and ill-structured problem in an authentic context. It allows students to explore different viewpoints, different pathways to different solutions, and different learning styles. Students work through problem scenarios to achieve the desired learning objectives. This paper outlines the concepts behind our student-centred learning framework for the Surveying Studio. Our experiences related to the benefits achieved and problems involved in the implementation process are discussed.