Using gaming paratexts in the literacy classroom

This paper illustrates how digital game paratexts may effectively be used in the high school English to meet a variety of traditional and multimodal literacy outcomes. Paratexts are texts that refer to digital gaming and game cultures, and using them in the classroom enables practitioners to focus on and valorise the considerable literacies and skills that young people develop and deploy in their engagement with digital gaming and game cultures. The effectiveness of valorizing paratexts in this manner is demonstrated through two examples of assessment by students in classes where teachers had designed curriculum and assessment activities using paratexts

Using the Arts to Develop a Pedagogy of Creativity, Innovation, and Risk-Taking (CIRT)

This paper considers the complex and somewhat nebulous term “creativity”, exploring the ways in which the pedagogical phenomenon we call “CIRT” (an acronym) can enrich classroom approaches so as to enhance Creativity, boost Innovation, and encourage Risk-Taking. In addition, we review elements that impact the creative process and explore concepts of freedom, as well as the constraints and parameters of creativity. In our role as teacher educators, we explore the connection between teaching and creativity by outlining three key examples of approaches that utilize the CIRT framework including: synesthesia, imagination, and audiation activities.  

Teacher competence development – a European perspective

This chapter provides an European perspectives on teacher competence development

Community-based mentoring and innovating through Web 2.0

The rise of social software, often termed Web 2.0, has resulted in heightened awareness of the opportunities for creative and innovative approaches to learning that are afforded by network technologies. Social software platforms and social networking technologies have become part of the learning landscape both for those who learn formally within institutions, and for those who learn informally via emergent web-based learning communities. As collaborative online learning becomes a reality, new skills in communication and collaboration are required in order to use new technologies effectively, develop real digital literacy and other 21st century skills

Internationalizing education: evaluating the growth of intercultural communication and competency in students through an international negotiation project using an online law office

Graduates will need to be able to recognize and appreciate culture in a way that minimizes conflict, promote understanding and to establish a relationship of trust and confidence. The need for competency in intercultural communication and an awareness of ethical challenges sets out a challenge for academics. This study examines the types of learning and characteristics developed by students when working on a ten‐week international negotiation project. It questions whether the study was an effective learning tool to raise consciousness of cultural diversity and effectively address the ‘stumbling blocks’ identified in intercultural communication. Using the findings from this, the study will consider the factors academics should consider when designing high quality, equitable and global study programmes in order for students to develop cross‐cultural capacities and aptitudes in order to be able to perform, professionally and socially, in a multicultural environment

ACCELERATING THE IMPROVEMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES’ QUALITY ACCORDING TO THE DEMAND OF GLOBALIZATION THROUGH MEDIA EDUCATION

Perlunya sumber daya manusia yang berkualitas sudah disadari oleh hampir seluruh bangsa di dunia. Disadari bahwa hanya bangsa yang memiliki sumber daya manusia yang berkualitas yang mampu hidup sukses dalam menghadapi tantangan-tantangan global. Meskipun telah banyak upaya yang dilakukan oleh negara-negara untuk meningkatkan kualitas sumber daya manusianya, namun masalah kualitas sumber daya manusia masih terdapat di mana-mana. Memperhatikan kenyataan dan pengalaman dari banyak negara yang telah melaksanakan pendidikan media, nampaknya dewasa ini pendidikan media merupakan suatu keharusan sesuai tuntutan globalisasi dan per- kembangan sosial yang cepat. Media pendidikan diharapkan mampu mengembangkan kemampuan berpikir kritis, berkomunikasi, mengguna-kan media sebagai alat komunikasi untuk tukar menukar informasi dan pengalaman untuk membentuk perilaku yang positif dalam menghadapi dan memecahkan masalah-masalah kehidupan dalam bidang politik, ekonomi, sosial, dan budaya. Agar dapat berhasil, maka pendidikan media hendaknya direncanakan secara matang dan sistematis, dan dilaksanakan dengan strategi yang tepat dan sempurna. Selain itu, dukungan yang cukup dari pemerintah dan masyarakat sangat diperlukan untuk memungkinkan terlaksananya dengan sukses pendidikan media itu untuk seluruh warga negara. Kata kunci: globalisasi, kualitas sumber daya manusia, akselerasi, pendidikan media, dukungan pemerinta