Educational Learning and Development Building and Enhancing Capacity

by Baguley, Margaret; Danaher, Patrick Alan; Davies, Andy; De George-Walker, Linda; Jones, Janice K.; Matthews, Karl J.; Midgley, Warren; Arden, Catherine H.

• ISBN13: 9781137392831
• ISBN10: 1137392835
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-02-26
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot

Summary

Educational Learning and Development: Building and Enhancing Capacity explores the topic of educational learning and development in order to examine issues that are impacting, either positively or negatively, on current research in this area. This is explored through ten groups of research participants from various countries, including circus families and teachers, students and teachers in a senior secondary art classroom, a parent-run alternative school, and refugees and migrants in a rural setting. These data sets are analysed through eight 'hot topics' and 'wicked problems' in contemporary education, seeking to uncover the capacity building potential of the research projects and what factors impacted on or assisted their development.

Author Biography

Margaret Baguley is Associate Professor at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.
 
Patrick Alan Danaher is Professor in Educational Research at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.
 
Andy Davies is Research Supervisor for the Simulation Department at the Sidra Medical and Research Centre in Doha, Qatar.
 
Linda De George-Walker is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Central Queensland University, Australia.
 
Janice K. Jones is Senior Lecturer in Arts Education at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.
 
Karl J. Matthews is a Researcher at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.
 
Warren Midgley is Head of the School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.
 
Catherine H. Arden is Lecturer in Adult and Vocational Education and Training/Senior Schooling at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.

Table of Contents

1. Conceptualising and Contextualising Educational Learning and Development

2. Changes and Continuities

3. Collaboration

4. Professional Learning and Development

5. Individual Learning Needs and Designing Learning Programs

6. Information and Communication Technologies

7. Leadership

8. Learning and Teaching Styles

9. Individual Differences

10. The Transformative Potential of Educational Learning and Development