Excellence in Scholarship : a Transcending Transdisciplinarity in Teacher Education

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. 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 Front Matter....Pages i-xx Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Creating a Tradition of Research in Education....Pages 3-18 Effects of Socioeconomic Status, Class Size and Ability Grouping on Science Achievement....Pages 19-42 Contributions of Family and School Capital to Student Achievement....Pages 43-54 Front Matter....Pages 55-55 A Quantum Theory Look at the Challenges for Academic Research in Education....Pages 57-68 Diversify Values or Value Diversity....Pages 69-76 Celebrating Multicultural Education and Promoting Linguistic and Cultural Diversity Through the Work of the Multicultural Education Committee....Pages 77-85 Multifaith Chaplaincies in a Successful Pluralistic Society....Pages 87-103 Front Matter....Pages 105-105 Parents’ Perceptions of Their Children’s Social Skills and Social Behaviour....Pages 107-121 Post-School Pathways in Australia....Pages 123-138 An Historical Examination of a University’s Scheme to Find a ‘Fair Way’ for all Students....Pages 139-153 Towards a New and Inclusive Model of Senior Secondary Education....Pages 155-161 Front Matter....Pages 163-163 Computer Simulations and Implications for Education* and Society....Pages 165-176 The P.E.A.C.E. Pack & S.I.T.E. Software....Pages 177-185 Promoting Science Education for all....Pages 187-196 Social Change and Teacher’s Pay....Pages 197-211 Front Matter....Pages 213-213 Asia in-Country Experience....Pages 215-234 Education and Culture....Pages 235-265 Rural-Urban School Partnerships and Australia’s Sustainability....Pages 267-277 Implications for Teacher Education and Educators....Pages 279-282