1st Edition
Sustainable Pedagogical Research in Higher Education The Political, Institutional and Financial Challenges
Foreword
Ronald Barnett
Introduction
Cecília Guerra, Amanda Franco and Mónica Seabra
PART I: PAINTING THE PICTURE OF THE SUSTAINABILITY OF PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: POLITICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ACTIONS FOR AGENDAS
Chapter 1 – Educational research sustainability in higher education: Reflections on the concept, factors and actions for its enhancement
Cecília Guerra
Chapter 2 – Funded higher educational research: Sustainable and influential?
Bonnie Watt
Chapter 3 – Does ‘programmification’ foresee the sustainability of research results? Discussing the effects of thematic national programmes in pedagogical innovation in higher education
Marcelo Marques
Chapter 4 – Addressing societal issues: Need for a new university culture and a transformation of academic practices
Manuel António Assunção and Gillian Owen Moreira
PART II: Innovative Practices In Higher Education In The Context Of Funded Research Projects: Opportunities For Research Sustainability
Chapter 5 – Making the impact of discipline-based educational research and scholarship more sustainable: Opportunities for innovation and leadership
Vincent C. H. Tong
Chapter 6 – Bringing pedagogical innovation into the university campus: Promoting students' critical thinking and teachers' practices
Amanda Franco, Rui M. Vieira, Carlos Saiz, and Silvia F. Rivas
Chapter 7 – How to encourage critical thinking using social media in higher education
Ruth Pinedo and Cristina Gil-Puente
Chapter 8 – Innovation in science teacher education: (Re)building future teachers’ conceptions and practices
Mónica Seabra and Rui M. Vieira
Chapter 9 – Professional development of higher education teachers: An agenda for its sustainability in Brazil and Portugal
Rui M. Vieira, Daniela Karine Ramos, and Fabiele Cristiane Dias Broietti
Final considerations – Contribution of the book for future directions to advance the sustainability of pedagogical research and practice
Nilza Costa and Cecília Guerra
Biography
Cecília Guerra is a researcher at the Research Center for Didactics and Technology in the Education of Trainers (CIDTFF), at the Department of Education and Psychology at University of Aveiro, Portugal.
Amanda Franco is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Research Center for Didactics and Technology in the Education of Trainers (CIDTFF), at University of Aveiro, Portugal.
Mónica Seabra is a Ph.D candidate in Education at the Research Center for Didactics and Technology in the Education of Trainers (CIDTFF), at University of Aveiro, Portugal.
