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Title Creating connections in teaching and learning / edited by Lindy Abawi, Joan M. Conway, and Robyn Henderson
Published Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Pub., 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 307 pages) : illustrations
Series Research on Teaching and Learning
Research on teaching and learning.
Contents Section 1. Connecting within school contexts -- section 2. Connecting beyond school contexts -- section 3. Making meaning from lived experiences -- section 4. Making virtual connections
Summary "This book explores the wide range of contexts in which research into creating connections in learning and teaching may take place. Creating connections can encompass making links, crossing divides, forming relationships, building frameworks, and generating new knowledge. The cognitive, cultural, social, emotional and/or physical aspects of understanding, meaning-making, motivating, acting, researching, and evaluating are explored as constituent forms of creativity in relation to such connections. From this exploration the authors identify varied connective contexts and means which include the learner, the educator, the organisation, and the relevant community. The crossing of divides, forming learner-educator relationships, bringing together diverse groups of learners, establishing networks and partnerships among educators, and establishing links between organisations and communities are all considered as connections which can be created by and within the learning and teaching dynamic. By examining the factors which help to facilitate and/or restrict the possibilities for creating connections in educational contexts, implications for and outcomes of learning and/or teaching arise from the connections created. The final chapter of this book will explicate the realisations that have emerged for educators and researchers working to create connections. These offer suggestions for future directions and enunciate what and how connections might contribute to both educational institutions and the broader society."--Publisher's website
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
Subject Learning -- Social aspects
Teaching -- Social aspects
EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- General.
Learning -- Social aspects
Teaching -- Social aspects
Aufsatzsammlung
Didaktik
Form Electronic book
Author Abawi, Lindy
Conway, Joan M
Henderson, Robyn
LC no. 2011028162
ISBN 9781617355523
1617355526