HELP PLEASE! Does Problem Based Learning work? (Maastricht University)

[AnnaJames]

I am starting my undergraduate next year and I got accepted at University College Maastricht, where Problem-Based Learning is the learning method used.

It looked a very efficient way of learning to me till the day I assisted to an "Experience day"; a day where you experience a Pbl lesson. I felt like it was a very slow way of learning (that I could learn much more content during a lecture) and that only a few students said things during the conversation. It also seemed a bit weird to me to learn from other students rather than from an expert who really knows what he is talking about... But, maybe it was only a feeling and, because we all were not yet students at that university, maybe we did the lesson badly.. Maybe when you are used to that way of learning you feel like it is really enriching?

Well, I am a bit lost because the College interests me greatly and I don't want to decline the invitation just because I had a bad impression that day. That is why I am asking for advice/opinions here... I am sure some students know PBL much better than I do and could give me advice.

Thank you so much in advance.
PS : sorry if I don't write in dutch but I don't have the chance to speek it Kusjes!

[Durian]

I have no experience with PBL, but why didn't you ask the instructors or something what it was all about?
I assume you attended an information day? If so, then grab your chance to ask anything what comes up in your mind!