Adaptivity as a Transformative Disposition: for Learning in the 21st Century

✍ Scribed by David Hung, Kenneth Y. T. Lim, Azilawati Jamaludin (auth.), David Hung, Kenneth Y. T. Lim, Shu-Shing Lee (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Singapur
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 326
• Series: Education Innovation Series
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume introduces the concept of ‘adaptivity’ as occurring when, say, individuals cross boundaries. Through illustrations from both formal and informal learning, the book seeks to provide learning designs and frameworks for adaptivity. This book is unique as it ties together: a) social-individual dialectics; and b) adaptive learning as it relates to creativity and imagination. It highlights case studies from social / new media contexts, school learning milieux, and formal and informal situations. It approaches adaptive learning from the perspectives of students, teachers, school leaders, and participants in social media and other digitally mediated environments. The book is a valuable resource for practitioners and academics who are interested in adaptivity as a learning disposition.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
An Epistemic Shift: A Literacy of Adaptivity as Critical for Twenty-First Century Learning....Pages 3-14
Learner Adaptivity: An Initial Conceptualisation....Pages 15-30
Pedagogies of Connected Learning: Adapting Education into the Twenty-First Century....Pages 31-41
Learning Adaptivity Across Contexts....Pages 43-60
The Six Learnings Framework: Exploring the Dialectics of Intuition and Adaptivity in Citizenship Education....Pages 61-72
Self–Social Regulation in World of Warcraft : Dialectics of Adaptivity....Pages 73-85
Developing a Habitude: When Learning Isn’t Always Fun....Pages 87-105
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
School Leaders and Learning Cultures in School: The Case for Intelligent Leadership....Pages 109-119
Adaptivity as a Transformative Disposition of Schools for Student Learning in the Twenty-First Century....Pages 121-136
Adaptivities in Teacher Learning Within the Context of Communities of Practice: A School District’s Learning Journey....Pages 137-155
Adaptivity and Creativity in the Arts: The Nexus and Affordances....Pages 157-175
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Teachers as Active Contributors in Quality of Education: A Special Reference to the Finnish Context....Pages 179-199
Fostering Adaptivity Through Systemic Reform: Transforming Education Through the Framework of Preparing Student Abilities and Competencies Through Education in Singapore (PACES)....Pages 201-228
Adaptivity in the Singapore Education System: Policy Developments Relating to Low Achievement....Pages 229-245
Adaptivities in the Singapore Education System: From Great to Excellent....Pages 247-265
An Ecological Perspective on Scaling: Balancing Structural and Individual Adaptivities....Pages 267-285
Conclusion....Pages 287-303
Back Matter....Pages 305-322

✦ Subjects

Literacy; Language Education; Learning & Instruction