Excellence in Scholarship : Transcending Transdisciplinarity in Teacher Education / edited by Sivakumar Alagumalai, Stephanie Burley, John P. Keeves.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alagumalai, Sivakumar.

Burley, Stephanie.

Keeves, John P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Local Subjects:

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2013.

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Teachers empower both the next generation of learners and educators. Communities value the intricate roles and responsibilities of teachers: many of whom who go beyond the tangibles to cater to the learning needs of their students. The multidimensional and multifaceted relationship between teacher-education providers and teachers is a complex one. At one end of the spectrum sits the scholarship of teaching while at the enacted zone sits standards-based praxis. Teacher education and scholarship of teaching provides the avenue to demonstrate this interaction of knowledge, pedagogy, research and broadly, scholarship. Unfortunately, there is no strong consensus about the value of pedagogical preparation for teachers. This monograph highlights the broad focus on how education draws its knowledge base from various disciplines; advancing that education itself can become a plethora for shared discourse and reflection. The chapters provide fresh demonstrated understanding into practice-enabled research directions and emphasise the position of research-based praxis in both schools and in institutions entrusted with teacher education. Importantly, the monograph demonstrates the two-way communication between the community and teacher educators about knowledge, experiences, values and diversity and to add value with the sole aim to enhance learning. It highlights education is a collective endeavour in that education and teacher education are subsets of the community, and deliberations in communities add important synergy to education’s evolution and revolution. Thus, the process of inquiry is fundamental in education, and implies transcending traditional discipline-bound knowledge and processes. This monograph provides the challenge to educators that no single or specific discipline directs educational development and enrichment, nor does the latter exclude any.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Sivakumar Alagumalai , Stephanie Burley and John P. Keeves

Creating a Tradition of Research in Education / Margaret J. Secombe

Effects of Socioeconomic Status, Class Size and Ability Grouping on Science Achievement / John P. Keeves , Njora Hungi and I Gusti Ngurah Darmawan

Contributions of Family and School Capital to Student Achievement / Alan Russell

A Quantum Theory Look at the Challenges for Academic Research in Education / Lynn Arnold

Diversify Values or Value Diversity / Marietta Rossetto

Celebrating Multicultural Education and Promoting Linguistic and Cultural Diversity Through the Work of the Multicultural Education Committee / Lili Liang and Dorothy Missingham

Multifaith Chaplaincies in a Successful Pluralistic Society / Alan Larkin , Geoff Boyce and Abul Farooque

Parents’ Perceptions of Their Children’s Social Skills and Social Behaviour / Carolyn Palmer

Post-school Pathways in Australia / David D. Curtis

An Historical Examination of a University’s Scheme to Find a ‘Fair Way’ for All Students / Stephanie Burley

Towards a New and Inclusive Model of Senior Secondary Education / Murray Thompson and Bob Holloway

Computer Simulations and Implications for Education and Society / Simon Skrødal , Sivakumar Alagumalai , Mike Lawson and Paul Calder

The P.E.A.C.E. Pack & S.I.T.E. Software / Jury Mohyla and Phillip T. Slee

Promoting Science Education for All / Francisco Ben and Sivakumar Alagumalai

Social Change and Teacher’s Pay / Steven Barrett

Asia In-country Experience / Doug Trevaskis

Education and Culture / Mathew A. White

Rural-Urban School Partnerships and Australia’s Sustainability / John R. Halsey

Epilogue / Sivakumar Alagumalai , Stephanie Burley , Margaret Scott and Wendy Zweck.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9789462092570

9462092575

OCLC:

857765777