Educational Innovations and Contemporary Technologies Enhancing Teaching and Learning

by Redmond, Petrea; Lock, Jennifer; Danaher, Patrick Alan

• ISBN13: 9781137468604
• ISBN10: 1137468602
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-04-10
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Through careful selection of contemporary research, this volume demonstrates the different ways in which groups of learners as well as educators go about the complex task of innovatively designing and implementing technologies in education. The book explores a wide range of conceptual, disciplinary, methodological, national and sectoral boundaries and divides educational technologies into three key themes: specialised educational technologies; particular groups of learners; and teacher education. Current developments across Australia, Canada, Asia and the United States are all explained to illustrate the four central issues in innovation: policy and innovation; measuring innovation; sustaining innovation; and diffusing innovation. Throughout this book new understandings of the complex links between innovations and technologies are highlighted in multiple and highly varied educational settings.

Author Biography

Petrea Redmond is a Senior Lecturer and program coordinator in the Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts at the Toowoomba campus of the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. With research in technology and learning she has published and co-published in a number of international refereed books, journals and conference proceedings.

Jennifer Lock is an Associate Professor and the Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Education at the University of Calgary, Canada. Researching in innovation and technology in education she has published and co-published in a number of national and international refereed books, journals and conference proceedings, and has received university and provincial research grants and two outstanding conference paper awards.

Patrick Alan Danaher is Professor in Educational Research in the School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education at the Toowoomba campus of the University of Southern Queensland, Australia, where he is also Associate Dean (Research and Research Training). His published research books include Contemporary Capacity-Building in Educational Contexts and Educational Learning and Development: Building and Enhancing.

Table of Contents

Foreword; Norm Vaughan
1. Interrogating Contemporary Research In Educational Innovation; Petrea Redmond, Jennifer Lock And Patrick Alan Danaher
PART I: EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS AND SPECIALISED CONTEMPORARY TECHNOLOGIES
Section One Introduction: Educational Innovations And Specialised Contemporary Technologies; Petrea Redmond
2. Technology Navigators: An Innovative Role In Pedagogy, Design And Instructional Support; William Cain
3. Wearable Devices In Education; Sandra Sawaya
PART II: EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES AND PARTICULAR GROUPS OF LEARNERS
Section Two Introduction: Educational Innovations And Technologies And Particular Groups Of Learners; Jennifer Lock
4. Discussion Of Innovative Ideas To Address Mathematics Anxiety And Technology Issues For Students Transitioning To High School; Nicholas Flegg
5. Digital Innovations To Increase Participation In Internet Restricted Prison Learning Environments; Angela Murphy
6. English Bilingual Education In An Indonesian Public School; Sri Wuli Fitriati
PART III: EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGIES AND TEACHER EDUCATION
Section Three Introduction: Educational Innovations And Technologies And Teacher Education; Patrick Alan Danaher
7. A Pedagogical Continuum: The Journey From Face-To-Face To Online Teaching; Petrea Redmond
8. Investigating Pre-Service Teachers' Inquiry Into Indigenous Perspectives; Petrea Redmond And Jennifer Lock
9. Working Together: An International Collaborative Learning Project For Pre-Service Teachers; Warren Midgley, Henriette Van Rensburg And Laurence Tamatea