Developing Educators for the Digital Age: A Framework for Capturing Knowledge in Action - Softcover

Breen, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1911534688 ISBN 13: 9781911534686

Publisher: University of Westminster Press, 2018

Synopsis

Evaluating skills and knowledge capture lies at the cutting edge of contemporary higher education where there is a drive towards increasing evaluation of classroom performance and use of digital technologies in pedagogy. Developing Educators for the Digital Age is a book that provides a narrative account of teacher development geared towards the further usage of technologies (including iPads, MOOCs and whiteboards) in the classroom presented via the histories and observation of a diverse group of teachers engaged in the multiple dimensions of their profession. Drawing on the insights of a variety of educational theories and approaches (including TPACK) it presents a practical framework for capturing knowledge in action of these English language teachers – in their own voices – indicating how such methods, processes and experiences shed light more widely on related contexts within HE and may be transferable to other situations. This book will be of interest to the growing body of scholars interested in TPACK theory, or communities of practice theory and more widely anyone concerned with how new pedagogical skills and knowledge with technology may be incorporated in better practice and concrete instances of teaching.

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About the Author

PAUL BREEN is Senior Lecturer in the University of Westminster's Professional Language Centre with a specialism in the areas of English for Academic Purposes, English Language Teaching and educational technology. He is the author of a DVD lecture series Realizing the Power of Social Media in the 21st Century (IGI Global, 2014) and The Charlton Men (2014) a modern work of fiction set against the world of football and the London riots.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Westminster Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1911534688
• ISBN 13: 9781911534686
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 218