Introduction to Education as a Complex Dynamical System -- Complexity of School Environments and Educational Contexts -- A Batesonian Perspective on Qualitative Research and Complex Human Systems -- Emergence Self-Transcending and Education -- Opening the Wondrous World of the Possible for Education -- Towards the teaching of motor skills as a system of growing complexity -- The Fractal Dynami…
Preface -- 1. Reflections on the Future of Instructional Design Research -- Part I. A Global Conversation about Competencies and Challenges for 21st Century -- 2. Competencies Challenges, and Changes: A U.S. Perspective on Preparing 21st Century Teachers and Leaders -- 3. Initiation and Implementation: Changes to Teacher Education in Ireland -- 4. Digital Learnings and Digital Teachers: Challen…
Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective Series Editors: Fred Dervin, University of Helsinki, Finland Xiangyun Du, Confucius Institute for Learning and Development, Aalborg University, Denmark What happens when East travels West? In today’s increasingly globalized world, these collisions are becoming increasingly common in universities– especially due to the growth of m…
Main Topics You Can Find in this “ICME-13 Topical Survey” -- Introduction -- Survey on the State-of-the-art -- Summary and Looking Ahead.Open AccessThis topical survey provides an overview of the current state of the art in technology use in mathematics education, including both practice-oriented experiences and research-based evidence, as seen from an international perspective. Three core …
Learning Science through Learning to Use its Languages, Vaughan Prain and Brian Hand -- Writing Popular Scientific Articles, Development of Interest in the Natural Sciences, and Non-textual Representations in Student Texts – The “Young Science Journalism” Program in Austria, Uwe Simon -- Effectiveness of a Lesson on Multimodal Writing, Sakari Tolppanen, Toni Rantaniitty, Maija Aksela -- T…
Section I: Framing and Conceptualizing Arts-Based Service Learning with First Peoples -- Arts-Based Service Learning with Australian First Peoples: Concepts and Considerations by Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, Dawn Bennett, Anne Power and Naomi Sunderland -- Translating Indigenous Reciprocity into University-Led Arts Practice and Assessment by Sandy O’ Sullivan -- Exploring University-Community Partn…
Main Topics You Can Find in this “ICME-13 Topical Survey” -- Introduction -- Survey on the State-of-the-art -- Summary and Looking Ahead. .Open AccessThis ICME-13 Topical Survey provides a review of recent research into statistics education, with a focus on empirical research published in established educational journals and on the proceedings of important conferences on statistics educatio…
PART I: MODELLING EDUCATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AT TEACHING, SCHOOL AND SYSTEM LEVEL -- Preface -- 1. An Overarching Conceptual Framework -- 2. Modelling Teaching and Learning -- 3. Defining the Key Factors in Instructional Effectiveness -- 4. Modelling School Effectiveness -- 5. School Effectiveness Research and the Meaning of the Most Important Effectiveness Enhancing Conditions -- 6. System Leve…
Introduction -- Grand Challenge Problems.- People Centered Smart "Cities" through Smart City Learning.- Adaptive group awareness for social regulation of emotions in computer-supported collaborative learning.-Empowering science teachers using technology-enhanced scaffolding to improve inquiry learning -- Supporting Teacher Decision-Making Through Appropriate Feedback -- Bringing the Informati…
Preface: Nilza Costa -- Introduction: Clara Vasconcelos -- I. 1– Fostering deep understanding through the use of geoscience investigations, models and thought experiments – the Earth Science Education Unit and Earthlearningidea experiences, Chris King -- I.2 –Science Models: How can teachers use them in geoscience classes? Joana Torres & Clara Vasconcelos -- I.3 – Simulating an earthqua…