Free Learning (eBook, ePUB)

A Student-Directed Pedagogy in Asia and Beyond
Redaktion: Parker, Ross; Falvey, Peter; Coniam, David

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This edited volume explores, investigates and analyses Free Learning - an innovative approach to student-directed learning which seeks to challenge educational norms. Researchers and educators who are interested in student-directed methodologies, especially in Asia, will find that the practical accounts and analyses of Free Learning useful.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000483697
• Artikelnr.: 62673168

Autorenporträt

Ross Parker is Director of Technology & Assessment at International College Hong Kong. He is passionate about making learning a positive, anxiety-free process centred around personal transformation. Ross is the founder of Gibbon, the open-source school platform, through which he has also developed the Free Learning pedagogy. As a public speaker, Ross has presented at conferences and workshops around the world. David Coniam is Head of Research at LanguageCert, Greece, and Adjunct Professor at the Education University of Hong Kong. He has been working and researching in English-language teaching, education and assessment for almost 50 years. His main publication and research interests are in language assessment, language teaching methodology and academic writing and publishing. Peter Falvey is a teacher educator. A former Head of Department in the Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong, he is currently affiliated in an honorary professorial role with the Education University of Hong Kong. His main publication and research interests are in language assessment, first- and second-language writing methodology, and text linguistics.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: Introduction  1. Opening Up  2. Introduction and Background to
Free Learning  Section 2: Literature Background: Theoretical, Practical and
Educational Perspectives  3. Grounding the Free Learning Model: Theoretical
Perspectives  4. Grounding the Free Learning Model: Practical Perspectives 
5. Curriculum Innovation and Free Learning at International College Hong
Kong  6. Building Relationships, Living the Curriculum  7. Assessment in
Free Learning  Section 3: How Free Learning Works: Examples of Free
Learning in Practice  8. Implementing Free Learning  9. A Free Learning
Approach to STEM Delivery  10. The Adoption of Free Learning in a
Pre-Service Teacher Education Programme: A Possible Crisis Response  11.
Deconstructing the Curriculum: Introducing Free Learning to a Computer
Science Course  12. Comparing and Evaluating Professional Development
Workshops Conducted via Free Learning and Face-To-Face Modes: The Hong Kong
NET Scheme  Section 4: Evaluation of Free Learning  13. The Evaluation of
Free Learning at International College Hong Kong  14. Free Learning:
A Guinea Pig's Retrospective  15. A Quantitative Exploration of Student
Attitudes to Free Learning and of Grades Achieved  16. A Qualitative
Inquiry into Student Attitudes towards Free Learning  17. The Mastery
Transcript  Section 5: Conclusion: Where to from Here?  18. Conclusion and
Looking Forward