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New to the Routledge Advances in Learning Sciences series, this book highlights diverse approaches taken by researchers in the Learning Sciences to support teacher learning. It features international perspectives from world class researchers that exemplify new lenses on the work of teaching, encompassing new objects of learning, methods and tools; new ways of working with researchers and peers; and new efforts to work with the systems in which teachers are embedded. Together, the chapters in this volume reflect a new frontier of research on teacher learning that leverages diversity in the content, contexts, objects of inquiry, and tools for supporting shifts in instructional practice. Divide...
An exploration of teacher education programs around the world finds common focus in the use of core practices to better prepare teachers for the classroom
The last decade has seen significant progress in technology, particularly in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, which have had a profound impact on numerous industries, including education. The integration of technology in education has fundamentally altered the landscape of learning where data becomes a crucial component to provide insights into for example how students learn, when and where additional support is needed. Employing educational data is proving to be a catalyst for innovation in education, opening up new possibilities for students and educators alike. The focus of this Research Topic is to explore the impact of recent technological innovations and adva...
A groundbreaking reference work on the revolutionary philosophy and intellectual legacy of Richard Rorty A provocative and often controversial thinker, Richard Rorty and his ideas have been the subject of renewed interest to philosophers working in epistemology, metaphysics, analytic philosophy, and the history of philosophy. Having called for philosophers to abandon representationalist accounts of knowledge and language, Rorty introduced radical and challenging concepts to modern philosophy, generating divisive debate through the new form of American pragmatism which he advocated and the renunciation of traditional epistemology which he espoused. However, while Rorty has been one of the mos...
The first complete posthumous reflection on the work of Richard Rorty, one of the most important and influential American philosophers of recent times.
This volume examines the major influences shaping student cognitive achievement and considers their relative importance. It does not tell people what to do in their classrooms, but provides them with a compendium of research summarising what is known about the major influences shaping students' academic achievement.
Pragmatist Egalitarianism argues that a deep impasse plagues philosophical egalitarianism. It sets forth a conception of equality rooted in American pragmatist thought--specifically William James, John Dewey, and Richard Rorty--that successfully mediates that impasse.