Sources for a Better Education: Lessons from Research and Best Practices

This textbook is a compilation of insights and best practices from the intersection of research, educational information technologies, and contemporary teaching methodologies. It aims to provide a comprehensive background for 21st-century education, particularly for teachers with 3-6 years of experience after pre-service training. The book emphasizes the importance of tailoring teaching to the test, fostering deeper knowledge of curricular domains, promoting flexible, divergent, and abstract thinking, and utilizing ICT tools to make prior knowledge explicit. It also highlights the significance of meta-cognitive skills, the web's potential for building knowledge infra-structures, and the expanding impact of social media. The author emphasizes the need to address learners' existential needs and develop a longer-term learning perspective.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 573 pages
Publication date: 24 February 2023
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive textbook emerges from the convergence of research, educational information technologies, and contemporary best practices. It employs diplomacy and scholarly rhetoric to glean insights from innovation projects, thereby identifying emerging professional requirements for teachers on a daily basis. The volume serves as a foundational primer for the 21st-century education that every educator encounters after assuming leadership roles for 3 or 6 years following pre-service training. 'Sources for a Better Education' encompasses a profound understanding and incentives to encourage teachers to venture beyond their comfort zones, embracing the next steps toward advanced professionalism without fear of falling into a 'Dilemma.' The first candidate for enhancing teaching effectiveness lies in tailoring instruction to align with the expected test. While 'Teaching to the Test' is a understandable strategy, it risks undermining students' comprehensive grasp of underlying concepts and analogies. The second avenue for professionalism is the deeper layer of knowledge regarding how curricular domains interrelate. In simpler terms: accomplished teachers possess the ability to 'bridge topics and subjects,' enabling students to develop a deeper understanding of the patterns and structures in knowledge. The 21st-century education prioritizes higher degrees of flexible, divergent, and abstract thinking, thereby fostering creative problem-solving capabilities. ICT tools for making prior knowledge explicit are a notable example of how learners harness their existing knowledge, thinking, and intuition. The third source for a better education is the courage to envision one's meta knowledge, enabling the recognition of patterns in learning and understanding. As prior knowledge becomes deconstructed into genetic metaphors, the potential for enhanced future learning becomes increasingly feasible.

Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030889050
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022