Excellence in scholarship : : transcending transdisciplinarity in teacher education / / edited by Sivakumar Alagumalai, Stephanie Burley, and John P. Keeves.

• TeilnehmendeR: Alagumalai, Sivakumar.; Burley, Stephanie.; Keeves, John P.
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : Sense,, [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed. 2013.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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.

Table of 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.