Pedagogy: New Developments in the Learning Sciences

533 Pages·2012·9.605 MB·English

by  Robyn M. Gillies

EDUCATION IN A COMPETITIVE AND GLOBALIZING WORLD

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EDUCATION IN A COMPETITIVE AND GLOBALIZING WORLD

P
EDAGOGY

N D
EW EVELOPMENTS IN THE
L S
EARNING CIENCES

ROBYN M. GILLIES
EDITOR

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Pedagogy : new developments in the learning sciences / editor, Robyn M. Gillies.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN: (cid:28)(cid:26)(cid:27)(cid:16)(cid:20)(cid:16)(cid:25)(cid:21)(cid:20)(cid:19)(cid:19)(cid:16)(cid:28)(cid:19)(cid:19)(cid:16)(cid:28) (eBook)
1. Critical pedagogy. 2. Teachers--Training of. 3. Effective teaching. 4. Learning. 5. Group
work in education. I. Gillies, Robyn M., 1949-
LC196.P455 2011
370.11'5--dc23
2011039230

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CONTENTS

Preface ix
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Robyn M. Gillies
Section 1: Virtual and Blended Learning 9
Chapter 2 Blending Real Experiences with Virtual Worlds 11
John G. Hedberg
Chapter 3 Applying A Hybrid Learning Model to Enhance Collaborative
Blended Learning Experiences 27
Mun Fie Tsoi
Chapter 4 Virtual Communities and Narrative Pedagogy: A 21st Century
Learning Strategy 47
Mike Walsh
Chapter 5 Group Composing with Computers in the Music Classroom:
A Reconsideration of Designs for Learning in Order to Realise
the Potential of Recent Technologies 65
Nick Breeze
Chapter 6 ―Informed Eclecticism‖ in a Capacity Building Project
between South Africa and Namibia: The SANTED Virtual
Classroom Project 85
Hannah Thinyane
Section 2: Classroom-Based Talk 103
Chapter 7 Facilitating Classroom Argumentation with Computer Technology 105
Christa S. C. Asterhan
Chapter 8 Promoting Reasoning, Problem-Solving and Argumentation
during Small Group Discussions 131
Robyn M. Gillies
Chapter 9 Measuring Scaffolding in Teacher – Small-Group Interactions 151
Janneke van de Pol, Monique Volman, Ed Elbers
and Jos Beishuizen
vi Contents
Section 3: Literacy 189
Chapter 10 Education for Citizenship: Introducing Critical Literacy in the EFL
Classroom 191
Andréa Machado de Almeida Mattos
Chapter 11 Hybridized Writing for Scientific Literacy: Pedagogy and Evidence 213
Stephen M. Ritchie and Louisa Tomas
Chapter 12 Pedagogical Practices for the Development and Improvement
of Reading 227
Christina E. van Kraayenoord
Section 4: Learning Processes 243
Chapter 13 Inquiry Requires Self-Directed Learning, but do Primary Students
Learn from Teaching about Self-Directed Learning? 245
Penny Van Deur
Chapter 14 Team-Based Learning: Pedagogy for the 21st Century-Effective,
Efficient and Economical 271
Nagaswami S. Vasan and David O. DeFouw
Chapter 15 Role Perception, Function Perception (Formal and Organizational
Citizenship Behavior) of Mentor Teachers in Professional
Development Schools 297
Aviva Klieger and Anat Oster - Levinz
Section 5: Mathematics Learning 313
Chapter 16 Technology-Supported Instruction in the Mathematics Classroom 315
John A. Ross and Catherine D. Bruce
Chapter 17 Disciplinarity and the Logic of Mathematical Tasks in Secondary 3
Mathematics Lessons in Singapore 337
David Hogan, Ridzuan Abdul Rahim, Melvin Chan,
Berinderjeet Kaur and Phillip Towndrow
Chapter 18 The Pedagogy of Mathematical Inquiry 371
Katie Makar
Section 6: Affective Learning 399
Chapter 19 Rescuing the Pedagogical Relationship: Applying Personal
Teacher Knowledge and the Value of Caring in Collaborative
Contexts 401
Michael John Boyle
Chapter 20 Configuring Collegiality: The Affective Dimension
of Collaborative Work 423
Susan Gray
Contents vii
Section 7: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy 449
Chapter 21 In Pursuit of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy 451
Delia Baskerville and Rawiri Hindle
Chapter 22 Class and Culture and the Transformative Pedagogy 471
Rolf Helldin
Contributors 489
Index 497