Empowering Educators

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Empowering Educators: Promoting Enabling Teaching and Learning in Research and Practice

   • Kevin Larkin, Marta Kawka, Karen Noble, Henriette van Rensburg, Lyn Brodie, Patrick Alan Danaher

   Pages 1-13

3. Investigating Inquiry Pedagogy: Cracking The Code of Learning

   • Brad McLennan, Karen Peel

   Pages 15-31

4. Transformative Pedagogy in Preparing Teachers through the Study of Immigrant Experiences

   • June A. Gordon

   Pages 33-52

5. Neuroscientific Possibilities for Mainstream Educators

   • Jennifer McIntyre

   Pages 53-68

6. The Homogenising Effect of Standardised Curriculum on Pedagogy

   • Yvonne Salton

   Pages 69-81

7. Teachers’ and Counsellors’ Transformative Practices in an Age of Standardisation

   • Deborah A. Day, Ann Vibert

   Pages 83-108

8. Empowering Educators through Professional Learning

   • Jeanne Keay, Christine Lloyd

   Pages 109-125

9. Self-Identified Teaching Styles of Junior Development and Club Professional Tennis Coaches in Australia

   • Mitchell Hewitt, Ken Edwards

   Pages 127-154

10. Voices from Sudan: The Use of Electronic Puzzles in an Adult Refugee Community Learning

    • Henriette van Rensburg, Betty Adcock

    Pages 155-166

11. Back Matter

    Pages 167-167

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Educators cannot empower their students without being empowered themselves. This book presents a number of proven principles and successful strategies that have been demonstrated by rigorous research to be effective in assisting teachers to carry out their fundamental mission of helping their students to achieve significant learning outcomes.

• Empowerment
• immigrants
• inquiry learning
• neuroscience
• professional learning
• refugees
• standardisation
• teaching strategies
• tennis coaches
• transformation
• curriculum
• development
• learning
• research
• teaching

• Griffith University, Australia

  Kevin Larkin, Marta Kawka

• University of Southern Queensland, Australia

  Karen Noble, Henriette Rensburg, Lyn Brodie, Patrick Alan Danaher

Betty Adcock, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Lyn Brodie, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Marc Clarà, University of Lleida, Spain Patrick Alan Danaher, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Deborah A. Day, Acadia University, Canada Ken Edwards, University of Southern Queensland, Australia June A. Gordon, University of California, USA Mitchell Hewitt, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Marta Kawka, Griffith University, Australia Jeanne Keay, University of the West of Scotland, UK Kevin Larkin, Griffith University, Australia Christine Lloyd, University of Roehampton, UK Jennifer McIntyre, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Brad McLennan, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Karen Noble, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Karen Peel, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Yvonne Salton, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Henriette van Rensburg, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Ann Vibert, Acadia University, Canada

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