Name: Educational Developments, Practices and Effectiveness
ISBN: 978-1-137-46993-9

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Jennifer Lock⁰,
Petrea Redmond¹,
Patrick Alan Danaher²

Jennifer Lock
1. University of Calgary, Canada
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Petrea Redmond
1. University of Southern Queensland, Australia
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Patrick Alan Danaher
1. University of Southern Queensland, Australia
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xxii

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Researching and Extending Developments in Contemporary Educational Practice
1. Researching and Extending Developments in Contemporary Educational Practice
  
  Jennifer Lock, Petrea Redmond, Patrick Alan Danaher
  
  Pages 1-14
Educational Developments and Improving Outcomes for Learners and Teachers
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 15-16
  
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2. Managing Developments in Education: Social-Business-Learning as Opportunity and Challenge for Corporate Learning
  
  Sabine Seufert, Christoph Meier
  
  Pages 17-38
3. Thinking Collaboratively in Educational Environments: Shared Metacognition and Co-Regulation in Communities of Inquiry
  
  D. Randy Garrison, Zehra Akyol
  
  Pages 39-52
4. The Changing Nature of Educational Support for Students with Disabilities
  
  Shalene Werth, Shaunaugh Brady
  
  Pages 53-67
5. A Vision and Language for Schoolwide Pedagogical Improvement
  
  Lindy Abawi
  
  Pages 68-90
Educational Developments and Specialised Disciplines of Knowledge
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 91-92
  
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2. Evaluation as an Educational Development to Improve Practice: Teacher ICT Knowledge, Skills and Integration
  
  Karen Trimmer
  
  Pages 93-110
3. Exploring Teaching Developments: Influencing Sustainable Engineering Practice
  
  David Thorpe
  
  Pages 111-136
4. Conceptualising, Implementing and Evaluating the Use of Digital Technologies to Enhance Mathematical Understanding: Reflections on an Innovation-Development Cycle
  
  Linda Galligan, Christine McDonald, Carola Hobohm, Birgit Loch, Janet Taylor
  
  Pages 137-160
5. Mass Media — Entertainer or Educator of Children? Raising This Issue and Proposing Productive Solutions
  
  Jennifer Donovan
  
  Pages 161-175
Back Matter

Pages 176-177

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About this book

Exploring a range of educational developments and practices in different national contexts in Australia, Canada and Switzerland, this book analyses the effectiveness of such initiatives. Case studies in the book include business and online education, supporting students with disabilities and school-wide pedagogical improvement.

Keywords

contemporary education
educational development
educational practice
technologies in education
learning
teaching
children
education
evaluation
integration

Editors and Affiliations

University of Calgary, Canada

Jennifer Lock
University of Southern Queensland, Australia

Petrea Redmond, Patrick Alan Danaher

About the editors

Lindy Abawi, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Zehra Akyol, e-learning designer Shaunaugh Brady, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Patrick Alan Danaher, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Jennifer Donovan, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Linda Galligan, University of Southern Queensland, Australia D. Randy Garrison, University of Calgary, Canada Carola Hobohm, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Birgit Loch, University of Technology, Australia Jennifer Lock, University of Calgary, Canada Christine McDonald, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Christoph Meier, University of St Gallen, Switzerland Thomas Michael Power, Laval University, Canada Petrea Redmond, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Sabine Seufert, University of St Gallen, Switzerland Janet Taylor, Southern Cross University College, Australia David Thorpe, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Karen Trimmer, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Shalene Werth, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Educational Developments, Practices and Effectiveness
Book Subtitle: Global Perspectives and Contexts
Editors: Jennifer Lock, Petrea Redmond, Patrick Alan Danaher
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137469939
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Education Collection, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-46992-2Published: 24 June 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-46993-9Published: 25 June 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 177
Topics: Sociology of Education, Sociology of Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Teaching and Teacher Education, Education Policy, Assessment, Testing and Evaluation

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

Front Matter

Researching and Extending Developments in Contemporary Educational Practice

Educational Developments and Improving Outcomes for Learners and Teachers

Front Matter

Educational Developments and Specialised Disciplines of Knowledge

Front Matter

Back Matter

About this book

Keywords

Editors and Affiliations

University of Calgary, Canada

University of Southern Queensland, Australia

About the editors

Bibliographic Information

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