Advances in educational marketing, administration, and leadership book series, 2020
Research is generally regarded as falling within the scholarship of discovery. However, here auth... more Research is generally regarded as falling within the scholarship of discovery. However, here authors and editors also explore the application of the paradigms to the scholarships more broadly, including the application of the paradigms to the scholarships of integration, application, teaching, and engagement. We have closely linked the concept of scholarship to policy directions in universities and in other bodies and agencies that influence or govern them. We conclude that the range of paradigms and scholarships available to academics provides a rich array of possibilities for the creation of new understandings and new approaches to scholarly work. The challenge we pose, however, is to encourage academics to be bold enough to work in different paradigms and scholarships from those that are “traditionally” associated with specific disciplines. We also discuss forces that militate against academics daring to be different.
Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership, 2020
Methods and paradigms in scholarship and education research are addressed in this book. Boyer'... more Methods and paradigms in scholarship and education research are addressed in this book. Boyer's scholarships of discovery, integration, application, and teaching, along with Boyer's later addition of the scholarship of engagement, and their multifaceted relationship to education research, form a starting point. From there, in addressing methods and paradigm in scholarship and education research, the paradigm is placed front of stage. Paradigm, as used here, refers to a set of concepts that reflect a world view underpinning a particular subject or pursuit. The paradigms applying to education research and scholarship addressed in this book include the traditional positivist and post-positivist - here labelled neo-positivist - paradigms and the interpretivist, transformative, and pragmatic research paradigms, which have been nominated in existing literature. In acknowledgement of the “supercomplex” environment in which education now operates, a novel paradigm, supercomplexity, ...
This article provides a critical examination of a variety of approaches to induction focusing esp... more This article provides a critical examination of a variety of approaches to induction focusing especially upon Australia and other Pacific Rim countries. The question of the purposes induction serves for graduate teachers, experienced teachers and education systems is addressed in terms of whether it is a technical exercise which preserves the existing teacher culture, or whether it is a means to critically approach teaching as a profession and to bring about change and renewal. In an era where the local and the global intersect to bring about glocalisation, it is suggested here that new approaches to induction are required which do more than preserve the status quo or which are narrowly about understanding and official knowledge of the existing systems. A ‘radical centre ’ model is proposed which blends elements of the Old Democratic Left and the New Right to provide the basis for a new approach to teacher induction. The Australian Scene In Australia teacher education is seen as a c...
RESUMEN: Desarrollo Profesional Docente es una de los muchos términos utilizados para referirse a... more RESUMEN: Desarrollo Profesional Docente es una de los muchos términos utilizados para referirse a la educación y formación de los docentes en ejercicio. En este artículo, los autores abordan los tipos de desarrollo profesional que se ofrecen actualmente en Australia y los comparan con los tipos de desarrollo profesional que los profesores pueden necesitar para desempeñarse en la era de la supercomplejidad, donde hay incertidumbre, inseguridad y un futuro desconocido e incierto. El desarrollo profesional es definido como un proceso que implica múltiples agentes. También se analiza críticamente la influencia de los gobiernos y de otros organismos externos.
RESUMEN: Desarrollo Profesional Docente es una de los muchos términos utilizados para referirse a... more RESUMEN: Desarrollo Profesional Docente es una de los muchos términos utilizados para referirse a la educación y formación de los docentes en ejercicio. En este artículo, los autores abordan los tipos de desarrollo profesional que se ofrecen actualmente en Australia y los comparan con los tipos de desarrollo profesional que los profesores pueden necesitar para desempeñarse en la era de la supercomplejidad, donde hay incertidumbre, inseguridad y un futuro desconocido e incierto. El desarrollo profesional es definido como un proceso que implica múltiples agentes. También se analiza críticamente la influencia de los gobiernos y de otros organismos externos.
Salvador Dali’s famous 1931 work ‘The Persistence of Memory’ is said to have been painted followi... more Salvador Dali’s famous 1931 work ‘The Persistence of Memory’ is said to have been painted following an hallucinatory episode or dreamlike state which Dali deliberately induced in order for him to attempt to link with his own subconscious world, and then to record the kinds of images that the dream world conjures up. The painting is likened to an assault on rationality and thus in the world of art, such images belong to the movement of surrealism. The past 40 years of teacher education have similarities with Dali’s ‘Persistence of Memory’. Livingston and Flores (2017) in their analysis of the papers submitted to this journal, EJTE, over the past 40 years since the inception of the journal, have unearthed some recurrent themes that have persisted regarding teacher education, sometimes in a kind of surreal
Authors of the chapters of this book have reflected on education research undertakings and resear... more Authors of the chapters of this book have reflected on education research undertakings and research paradigms applicable to their work. Their writing is revisited here as it links education research in practice to underpinning understandings of the nature of the aspect of the world investigated, the drivers of the research and the contributions to knowledge that emerge. Instances that fit within or move between established research paradigms are addressed first. The case for a new research paradigm—the supercomplexity paradigm—is then rehearsed and contributions of chapter authors to that concept and its application summarized. While research reviewed in the chapters covers the full array of paradigms, the endeavors portrayed are linked by the act of research itself. In this endeavor, whatever the education research topic, approach and methods employed, being clear about the research paradigm that applies helps in ensuring the research exercise is coherent and the outcomes appropriate and defensible.
The title of this book refers to both methods and paradigms in education research. Both are addre... more The title of this book refers to both methods and paradigms in education research. Both are addressed, but this book is distinguished from others in that the research paradigm, rather than choice of research method, is placed front of stage. The related field of study is education. The study of education intertwines with a range of disciplines in the social sciences so the research issues arising have implications beyond the education context. The research paradigms addressed in this book include the traditional positivist and post-positivist—here labelled neo-positivist—paradigms. The interpretivist, transformative and pragmatic research paradigms, which have also been nominated in existing literature, are included. A novel supercomplexity paradigm has been added here in acknowledgement of the “supercomplex” environment (Barnett, 2000a) in which education research now operates. Following chapters explore issues relating to the design, implementation and critique of education resear...
Advances in educational marketing, administration, and leadership book series, 2020
Research is generally regarded as falling within the scholarship of discovery. However, here auth... more Research is generally regarded as falling within the scholarship of discovery. However, here authors and editors also explore the application of the paradigms to the scholarships more broadly, including the application of the paradigms to the scholarships of integration, application, teaching, and engagement. We have closely linked the concept of scholarship to policy directions in universities and in other bodies and agencies that influence or govern them. We conclude that the range of paradigms and scholarships available to academics provides a rich array of possibilities for the creation of new understandings and new approaches to scholarly work. The challenge we pose, however, is to encourage academics to be bold enough to work in different paradigms and scholarships from those that are “traditionally” associated with specific disciplines. We also discuss forces that militate against academics daring to be different.
Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership, 2020
Methods and paradigms in scholarship and education research are addressed in this book. Boyer'... more Methods and paradigms in scholarship and education research are addressed in this book. Boyer's scholarships of discovery, integration, application, and teaching, along with Boyer's later addition of the scholarship of engagement, and their multifaceted relationship to education research, form a starting point. From there, in addressing methods and paradigm in scholarship and education research, the paradigm is placed front of stage. Paradigm, as used here, refers to a set of concepts that reflect a world view underpinning a particular subject or pursuit. The paradigms applying to education research and scholarship addressed in this book include the traditional positivist and post-positivist - here labelled neo-positivist - paradigms and the interpretivist, transformative, and pragmatic research paradigms, which have been nominated in existing literature. In acknowledgement of the “supercomplex” environment in which education now operates, a novel paradigm, supercomplexity, ...
This article provides a critical examination of a variety of approaches to induction focusing esp... more This article provides a critical examination of a variety of approaches to induction focusing especially upon Australia and other Pacific Rim countries. The question of the purposes induction serves for graduate teachers, experienced teachers and education systems is addressed in terms of whether it is a technical exercise which preserves the existing teacher culture, or whether it is a means to critically approach teaching as a profession and to bring about change and renewal. In an era where the local and the global intersect to bring about glocalisation, it is suggested here that new approaches to induction are required which do more than preserve the status quo or which are narrowly about understanding and official knowledge of the existing systems. A ‘radical centre ’ model is proposed which blends elements of the Old Democratic Left and the New Right to provide the basis for a new approach to teacher induction. The Australian Scene In Australia teacher education is seen as a c...
RESUMEN: Desarrollo Profesional Docente es una de los muchos términos utilizados para referirse a... more RESUMEN: Desarrollo Profesional Docente es una de los muchos términos utilizados para referirse a la educación y formación de los docentes en ejercicio. En este artículo, los autores abordan los tipos de desarrollo profesional que se ofrecen actualmente en Australia y los comparan con los tipos de desarrollo profesional que los profesores pueden necesitar para desempeñarse en la era de la supercomplejidad, donde hay incertidumbre, inseguridad y un futuro desconocido e incierto. El desarrollo profesional es definido como un proceso que implica múltiples agentes. También se analiza críticamente la influencia de los gobiernos y de otros organismos externos.
RESUMEN: Desarrollo Profesional Docente es una de los muchos términos utilizados para referirse a... more RESUMEN: Desarrollo Profesional Docente es una de los muchos términos utilizados para referirse a la educación y formación de los docentes en ejercicio. En este artículo, los autores abordan los tipos de desarrollo profesional que se ofrecen actualmente en Australia y los comparan con los tipos de desarrollo profesional que los profesores pueden necesitar para desempeñarse en la era de la supercomplejidad, donde hay incertidumbre, inseguridad y un futuro desconocido e incierto. El desarrollo profesional es definido como un proceso que implica múltiples agentes. También se analiza críticamente la influencia de los gobiernos y de otros organismos externos.
Salvador Dali’s famous 1931 work ‘The Persistence of Memory’ is said to have been painted followi... more Salvador Dali’s famous 1931 work ‘The Persistence of Memory’ is said to have been painted following an hallucinatory episode or dreamlike state which Dali deliberately induced in order for him to attempt to link with his own subconscious world, and then to record the kinds of images that the dream world conjures up. The painting is likened to an assault on rationality and thus in the world of art, such images belong to the movement of surrealism. The past 40 years of teacher education have similarities with Dali’s ‘Persistence of Memory’. Livingston and Flores (2017) in their analysis of the papers submitted to this journal, EJTE, over the past 40 years since the inception of the journal, have unearthed some recurrent themes that have persisted regarding teacher education, sometimes in a kind of surreal
Authors of the chapters of this book have reflected on education research undertakings and resear... more Authors of the chapters of this book have reflected on education research undertakings and research paradigms applicable to their work. Their writing is revisited here as it links education research in practice to underpinning understandings of the nature of the aspect of the world investigated, the drivers of the research and the contributions to knowledge that emerge. Instances that fit within or move between established research paradigms are addressed first. The case for a new research paradigm—the supercomplexity paradigm—is then rehearsed and contributions of chapter authors to that concept and its application summarized. While research reviewed in the chapters covers the full array of paradigms, the endeavors portrayed are linked by the act of research itself. In this endeavor, whatever the education research topic, approach and methods employed, being clear about the research paradigm that applies helps in ensuring the research exercise is coherent and the outcomes appropriate and defensible.
The title of this book refers to both methods and paradigms in education research. Both are addre... more The title of this book refers to both methods and paradigms in education research. Both are addressed, but this book is distinguished from others in that the research paradigm, rather than choice of research method, is placed front of stage. The related field of study is education. The study of education intertwines with a range of disciplines in the social sciences so the research issues arising have implications beyond the education context. The research paradigms addressed in this book include the traditional positivist and post-positivist—here labelled neo-positivist—paradigms. The interpretivist, transformative and pragmatic research paradigms, which have also been nominated in existing literature, are included. A novel supercomplexity paradigm has been added here in acknowledgement of the “supercomplex” environment (Barnett, 2000a) in which education research now operates. Following chapters explore issues relating to the design, implementation and critique of education resear...
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