Overview

In the space of approximately one hundred and thirty years, we have moved from the industrial age through the scientific age to the technological information age and the knowledge economy. With regards to pedagogy, this dramatic shift has placed traditional approaches to teaching and learning directly in the darkest shadow - cast by an illuminating, vibrant, new vision involving a collaborative and interactive community of learners in an increasingly globalised world both real and virtual.

Though by no means exhaustive in its coverage, Enhancing learning and teaching: Pedagogy, technology and language provides an entrée into developments in postmodern pedagogies in terms of approaches, emerging concepts about learners and learning, the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the social construction of knowledge through networked learning and e-learning environments.

From the Preface

This book provides an entree into developments in postmodern pedagogies in terms of approaches, emerging concepts about learners and learning, the use of information and communication technologies, and the social construction of knowledge through networked learning and e-learning environments. It constitutes a valuable resource for educators, researchers and language teachers.

Table of Contents

1. Empathic intelligence: The phenomenon of inter-subjective engagement
   Roslyn Arnold
2. How teachers' engage with change: Mapping discourses of pedagogy and policy
   Jill Sanguinetti
3. Assessment and the practice of phenomenological pedagogy
   Deborah Robertson
4. Towards collective pedagogies within ongoing teacher education
   H. Elaine Mayo
5. Pedagogical issues in transition to school
   Anne Petriwskyj
6. Io chi siamo (I am who we are)
   Anne Sinclair and Maree Davies
7. Engagement by design: Marrying pedegogy and technology for better learning conversations via asynchonous electronic discussions
   Marilyn Dorman and Jacquelin McDonald
8. Along the continuum: From print to simulated experience
   Peter Albion
9. Leaner support in networked learning communities: Opportunities and challenges
   Benjamin Kehrwald
10. Multiple representations in multimedia and e-learning materials: An issue of literacy
    Michael Sankey and Mehryar Nooriafshar
11. Methodology in the new millennium: Towards more authenticity in language learning and assessment
    David E. Ingram
12. Socio-cultural theory: An interpretive framework for computer assisted language learning?
    Hazel Owen
13. Exploring and evaluating language learning Web sites
    Jeong-Bae Son