Navigating in Educational Contexts: Identities and Cultures in Dialogue

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Teaching and Marginality: Lessons from Teachers’ Life Stories....Pages 17-29
Inate Temperament Explains Too Much From a Student’s School Achievement?....Pages 31-40
The Role of Crisis in the Development of Student Teachers’ Professional Identity....Pages 41-54
Learning and Teaching on Spaceship Earth: The Search for Sustainable Values in Education....Pages 55-62
Identity Thresholds: Researching the Socio-Political Impact of Learning in Immersive Virtual Worlds....Pages 63-75
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Early Formations of Teacher Identity: Prospective Teacher Candidates Notions of Teacher Roles....Pages 79-92
Exploring the Nature of Teachers’ Professional Learning....Pages 93-102
Five Steps Forward – Developing Pedagogical Expertise During Teacher Education....Pages 103-116
Taking Metacognition a Step Further: Teachers Sharing Pedagogical Purposesn....Pages 117-136
“Good Pal, Wise Dad and Nagging Wife” – And Other Views of Teaching Practice Mentors....Pages 137-149
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Transfer Credits in Higher Education: The Path to Globalization....Pages 153-163
The Right to Education: A New Foundation for Schools and Communities....Pages 165-178
Cosmologies And Lifestyles: A Cultural Ecological Framework and its Implications for Education Systems....Pages 179-189
What Personal Factors Motivate the Caring Teacher?....Pages 191-205
The Effect of Teachers’ Personal Beliefs and Emotional Intelligence on Quality and Effectiveness of Teaching....Pages 207-224
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Longitudinal Study of the Relationship Betwen Students’ Perceptions of their Problem Solving and Ict Skills and their Ict Experience as Part of their Teacher Education Program....Pages 227-241
Professional Links – Professional Support: Promoting the Development of Quality Pedagogy and Teachers’ Self-Efficacy in the Use of Ict Within a Supportive Professional Learning Community....Pages 243-257
Designing a Pedagogical Model for Virtual Reality and Simulation-Based Learning Environments of Healthcare....Pages 259-270
Online Tutoring for Media Education Interns in Practical Training....Pages 271-279
Back Matter....Pages 281-283