Chapter 1. MOOCs and Educational Value -- Chapter 2. The Economic Crisis and the Rise of MOOCs -- Chapter 3. What are MOOCs? -- Chapter 4. The Primary Educational Value of MOOCs -- Chapter 5. MOOCs and Career Qualifications: Certificates, Credits, Diplomas and Beyond -- Chapter 6. Three Contributions of MOOCs. .This book offers a re-assessment of the educational and occupational value of MOOCs …
The Educational Significance of Human and Non-Human Animal Interactions explores human animal/non-human animal interactions from different disciplinary perspectives, from education policy to philosophy of education and ecopedagogy. The authors refute the idea of anthropocentrism (the belief that human beings are the central or most significant species on the planet) through an ethical investiga…
Teaching Stephen King critically examines the works of Stephen King and several ways King can be incorporated into the high school and college classroom. The section on Variations on Horror Tropes includes chapters on the vampire, the werewolf, the undead monster, and the ghost. The section on Real Life Horror includes chapters on King's school shooting novella Rage, sexual violence, and coming…
Chapter 1: Science Education as a Site of Struggle -- Chapter 2: The Constitution of Subjectivities: Discourse, Practices, and Repetition -- Chapter 3: The ‘Ethical Subject’ of Science Education -- Chapter 4: Science Education and Subjectivity in (Bio)political Context -- Chapter 5: Egalitarian Politics and the Dimensions of An Ethical Self -- Afterword: Different concepts and tools to brin…
From Normal to Revolutionary Science Education -- Reflections on a Problem Posing Approach -- How Can Large International Comparative Studies Contribute to the Quality of Science Education? -- Towards a More Curricular Focus in International Comparative Studies on Mathematics and Science Education -- 40 Years of Curriculum Development -- Characteristics of Meaningful Chemistry Education -- Cros…
Meanings of Meaning of Mathematics -- “Meaning” and School Mathematics -- The Meaning of Conics: Historical and Didactical Dimensions -- Reconstruction of Meaning as a Didactical Task: The Concept of Function as an Example -- Meaning in Mathematics Education -- Collective Meaning and Common Sense -- Mathematics Education and Common Sense -- Communication and Construction of Meaning -- Makin…
How 20 Years of Self-Study Changed My Teaching -- From the Inside Out and the Outside In -- Using an Existential Form of Reflection to Understand My Transformation as a Teacher Educator -- Exploring the Concept of Dialogue in the Self-Study of Teaching Practices -- Transformation Through Self-Study -- From Self-Study to Collaborative Self-Study to Collaborative Self- Study of Collaboration -- I…
Part 1: Reinvention and Innovation: Designing Business and Economics Education for 21st Century Learning -- 1. Introduction; Kristen Reid and Peter Daly -- 2. Mobile phones - Not a Distraction in the Classroom but a Means of Engagement? ; Alison Lahlafi and Diane Rushton -- 3. Authenticity and Transparency in the Teaching of Leadership Readiness; Lisa O’Malley, Ellen Fowler and Sarah Moore --…
Imagining Time and Space in Universities presents critical theorizations of time and space to analyze discourses and practices of globalization and internationalization. As both dimensions have been understood in separate and hierarchical modes limited attention is given to cultural meanings embedded in these institutional policies and practices.
1. Preface -- 2. Prologue -- 3. PISA, Korean students' world-class achievements and Dark side of Korean schooling - 4. History of Shadow education in Korea -- 5. Types of hakwon education -- 6. Elementary School Years -- 7.Middle School Years -- 8. High School Years -- 9. Good and Bad Effects of hakwon education -- 10. Hakwon education as a Worldwide Curriculum Question -- 11. Conclusion: Ques…