AbstractThis research involved developing, implementing and evaluating Problem Based Learning (PBL) designs in the context of Malaysian teacher education. As a relatively new teaching and learning approach in the Malaysian higher education landscape, the student-centered learning such as the PBL has posed challenges since the approach was too different from the demands and constraints of contextual needs, i.e Malaysian teacher education. With regards to this challenge, the proposed PBL designs have been adjusted to suit the Malaysian teacher education. Putting forward the above issues, the researcher has adopted Design Based Research (DBR) as the research methodology due to its principles that strive to make learning research more contextually relevant. In particular, the method addresses the needs and norms of a local context, which has led to research findings that are scientifically trustworthy and useful in practical sense. DBR emphasises synergistic relationship between researching, desig.....