Preparing the Next Generation of Teachers for 21st Century Education

Preparing the Next Generation of Teachers for 21st Century Education

Siew Fun Tang, Chee Leong Lim
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Release Date: April, 2018|Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 377
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4080-9
ISBN13: 9781522540809|ISBN10: 1522540806|EISBN13: 9781522540816
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As educational standards continue to transform, it has become essential for educators to receive the support and training necessary to effectively instruct their students and meet societal expectations. To do this, fostering education programs that include innovative practices and initiatives is imperative.

Preparing the Next Generation of Teachers for 21st Century Education provides emerging research on innovative practices in learning and teaching within the modern era. While highlighting topics such as blended learning, course development, and transformation practices, readers will learn about progressive methods and applications of 21st-century education. This book is an important resource for educators, academicians, professionals, graduate-level students, and researchers seeking current research on contemporary learning and teaching practices.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Blended Learning
  • Clinical Teaching
  • Collaborative Learning
  • Course Development
  • In-Depth Learning
  • Innovative Learning Processes
  • Interactive Learning
  • Self-directed Learning
  • Transformation Practices
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Siew Fun Tang was the Dean of Learning and Teaching for Integrated Teaching and Lifelong Learning Centre at Taylor’s University (INTELLECT). She has a proven record in educational leadership with great contribution in driving innovative and pioneer teaching and learning initiatives. She prides herself leading the way for the university towards transforming the teaching and learning landscape in the country. Under her leadership, INTELLECT has embarked on an ambitious journey to re-define student learning for better academic outcomes. This has made INTELLECT always being at the forefront of transformational teaching and learning journey and contributes significantly towards strengthening the Taylor’s brand values nationally and internationally. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tang has been with Taylor’s University since 2000 having taught previously at other public and private universities in Malaysia and worked with two multi-national companies. She is a teacher developer who has always be in touch with the teachers she develops and creates valuable experiences for them. Her major work focuses on designing teaching evaluation processes, coaching systems, and defining training plans, and developing students holistically. She is noted for her personal and professional efforts to develop lecturers, as she believes “students learn successfully if teachers teach successfully”. She also believes that all students deserve an education that will challenge, inspire and prepare them to become better citizens as well as for a better future. Her recent work includes development of a 360o university teaching engagement scale (TES) and development of a holistic development for students i.e. the Taylor’s Shine Award Programme that leads to the Second Transcript. She has published in internal peer-reviewed journals and has been the conference chair for the Taylor’s Teaching and Learning Conference, an international conference, since 2013. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tang’s work has evolved from being a passionate excellent teacher to an effective educational leader, shifting the paradigm for the teaching profession in ensuring student success. Currently she is a Professor and Dean, Learning and Teaching at Curtin University, Malaysia , since Oct 2017.

Chee Leong Lim was a senior lecturer at Taylor’s Business School, Taylor’s University and now the Director of e-learning Academy (eLA), a department under Centre For Future Learning that has been set up with the specific mandate to drive and support the implementation of blended learning at Taylor’s University. Mr. Lim has been in the education industry for 20 years, both in teaching and administration. He is passionate in exploring, evaluating and integrating various emerging classroom technologies in teaching, learning and assessment activities. He is also actively conducting innovative workshops to promote “learning how to teach with technology” and “Be A 21st Century Educator: Reimagine Learning, Redesigning Teaching”. He has contributed very significantly in transforming the learning and teaching of students in the University. He is the first notable individual from a private university in Malaysia to be awarded the prestigious National Academic Award (Anugerah Akademik Negara, AAN2013) by the Ministry of Education Malaysia for his innovative teaching methodologies.

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