Excellence in Scholarship

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Contributions to Excellence in Scholarship (Primers/Keynotes)

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Creating a Tradition of Research in Education

      • Margaret J. Secombe

      Pages 3-18

   3. Effects of Socioeconomic Status, Class Size and Ability Grouping on Science Achievement

      • John P. Keeves, Njora Hungi, I Gusti Ngurah Darmawan

      Pages 19-42

   4. Contributions of Family and School Capital to Student Achievement

      • Alan Russell

      Pages 43-54

3. Multi-faith and Multi-values’ Contributions to Education

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55

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   2. A Quantum Theory Look at the Challenges for Academic Research in Education

      • Lynn Arnold

      Pages 57-68

   3. Diversify Values or Value Diversity

      • Marietta Rossetto

      Pages 69-76

   4. Celebrating Multicultural Education and Promoting Linguistic and Cultural Diversity Through the Work of the Multicultural Education Committee

      • Lili Liang, Dorothy Missingham

      Pages 77-85

   5. Multifaith Chaplaincies in a Successful Pluralistic Society

      • Alan Larkin, Geoff Boyce, Abul Farooque

      Pages 87-103

4. Equity and Inclusion in Education

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105

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   2. Parents’ Perceptions of Their Children’s Social Skills and Social Behaviour

      • Carolyn Palmer

      Pages 107-121

   3. Post-School Pathways in Australia

      • David D. Curtis

      Pages 123-138

   4. An Historical Examination of a University’s Scheme to Find a ‘Fair Way’ for all Students

      • Stephanie Burley

      Pages 139-153

   5. Towards a New and Inclusive Model of Senior Secondary Education

      • Murray Thompson, Bob Holloway

      Pages 155-161

5. Value-Adding Learning and Teaching

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163

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   2. Computer Simulations and Implications for Education* and Society

      • Simon Skrødal, Sivakumar Alagumalai, Mike Lawson, Paul Calder

      Pages 165-176

   3. The P.E.A.C.E. Pack & S.I.T.E. Software

      • Jury Mohyla, Phillip T. Slee

      Pages 177-185

   4. Promoting Science Education for all

      • Francisco Ben, Sivakumar Alagumalai

      Pages 187-196

   5. Social Change and Teacher’s Pay

      • Steven Barrett

      Pages 197-211

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.

• critical-reflection
• inquiry
• praxis
• transdisciplinarity
• teacher-education

• The University of Adelaide, Australia

  Sivakumar Alagumalai, Stephanie Burley, John P. Keeves

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