1st Edition
Free Learning A Student-Directed Pedagogy in Asia and Beyond
Section 1: Introduction
1. Opening Up
Peter Falvey and Ross Parker
2. Introduction and Background to Free Learning
Ross Parker and David Coniam
Section 2: Literature Background: Theoretical, Practical and Educational Perspectives
3. Grounding the Free Learning Model: Theoretical Perspectives
Min Yang and Wincy Lee Wing Sze
4. Grounding the Free Learning Model: Practical Perspectives
Wincy Lee Wing Sze and Min Yang
5. Curriculum Innovation and Free Learning at International College Hong Kong
Toby Newton
6. Building Relationships, Living the Curriculum
Elke Van dermijnsbrugge
7. Assessment in Free Learning
Alex Hall
Section 3: How Free Learning Works: Examples of Free Learning in Practice
8. Implementing Free Learning
Ross Parker
9. A Free Learning Approach to STEM Delivery
Stewart Ross
10. The Adoption of Free Learning in a Pre-Service Teacher Education Programme: A Possible Crisis Response
Elke Van dermijnsbrugge
11. Deconstructing the Curriculum: Introducing Free Learning to a Computer Science Course
Sandra Kuipers
12. Comparing and Evaluating Professional Development Workshops Conducted via Free Learning and Face-To-Face Modes: The Hong Kong NET Scheme
Native-speaking English Teacher Section, Education Bureau, Hong Kong SAR
Section 4: Evaluation of Free Learning
13. The Evaluation of Free Learning at International College Hong Kong
Elke Van dermijnsbrugge and Baiwen Pang
14. Free Learning: A Guinea Pig's Retrospective
Vince Matthew Pineda Leung
15. A Quantitative Exploration of Student Attitudes to Free Learning and of Grades Achieved
David Coniam
16. A Qualitative Inquiry into Student Attitudes towards Free Learning
Yangyu Xiao and David Coniam
17. The Mastery Transcript
Ross Parker
Section 5: Conclusion: Where to from Here?
18. Conclusion and Looking Forward
Peter Falvey and Ross Parker
Biography
Ross Parker is Director of Technology & Assessment at International College Hong Kong. He is passionate about making learning a positive, anxiety-free process centred around personal transformation. Ross is the founder of Gibbon, the open-source school platform, through which he has also developed the Free Learning pedagogy. As a public speaker, Ross has presented at conferences and workshops around the world.
David Coniam is Head of Research at LanguageCert, Greece, and Adjunct Professor at the Education University of Hong Kong. He has been working and researching in English-language teaching, education and assessment for almost 50 years. His main publication and research interests are in language assessment, language teaching methodology and academic writing and publishing.
Peter Falvey is a teacher educator. A former Head of Department in the Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong, he is currently affiliated in an honorary professorial role with the Education University of Hong Kong. His main publication and research interests are in language assessment, first- and second-language writing methodology, and text linguistics.
