Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Section 1: Issues in Educational Research Design and Methodology
Turning Good Ideas into Quality Research
Musings Yesterday and Knowledge Tomorrow: Beyond Reflexive Accounts of Research Encounters
A Reflective Model for Action Research: An Evolving Pedagogical Trajectory
Linking Research and Practice: Educational Design Research
The Challenges of Undertaking Citizenship Education Research in Pakistan
Using Stories to Investigate, Reflect on and Raise Social Consciousness in a Sporting Culture
Scaling the Tower of Babel: A Researcher's Journey into the Risks and Rewards of Multilingual Research
Section 2: Social Integration and Education: Non-Traditional Students
Constructing an Identity: A Key to Learning
Early French Immersion in British Columbia: A Consideration of the 'Struggling Learner'
The Experiences and Perceptions of Non-Traditional Students Enrolled in an Online Teacher Education Course
Confronting Educational Disadvantage by Improving Tasmanian Adolescents' Participation in Education
Refugee Settlement in Australia and the Challenges for Integration
Section 3: Researching Language Education
Language Education: Policy and Practice
Issues in English Language Teaching in Nepal
Mind Your Language: Exploring Students' Motivations Concerning Elective Second Language Learning
Measurement of Vocabulary Knowledge: Problems and Solutions
Section 4: Leadership: Implementing Educational Programs
Manifestations of Leadership in Diverse Educational Settings
Leading the Quality of Teaching within Schools
Strengths-Based Teaching and Learning Approaches for Children: A New Zealand Case Study
A Framework to Explore Common Incidents in Secondary Schools Guided by Content Analysis
The Establishment of a Framework of Communicative Competence of Seafarers: A Systematic Review
A Framework of Conditions Supporting Early Career Teacher Resilience and Creativity
Professional Learning and Development for Pedagogical Leadership in Family Day Care in Tasmania
Section 5: Issues in Contemporary Education
What Is the Purpose of Education?
Putting on the Style: Enhancing Citizenship Education with a Persuasive Writing Framework
Fiji Primary School Teachers' Perceptions of Classroom-Based Assessment
The Role of Animals in the Values Development of Children
Arts for Sustainability: Teachers' Perspectives of Intersections between Education for Sustainability and Arts Learning
Research Writing: A Systemic Functional Linguistics Perspective
About the Contributors
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