| Contents | 6 |
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| Preface | 8 |
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| Introducing didactic perspectives to contemporary challenges | 10 |
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| A concept of Didactics: Allgemeine Didaktik | 11 |
| The challenge of Diversity and New Media in teaching | 13 |
| Content of the book | 18 |
| References | 20 |
| Diversity | 24 |
| ‘Doing differences’ – a Matter of Teaching and Learning Concepts | 26 |
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| Abstract | 26 |
| 1 Sketch of the problem | 26 |
| 2. “Doing difference” in teaching practice | 28 |
| 3. Methodological frame and methods worked with | 30 |
| 4 Orientations in teaching concepts | 31 |
| 5 Discussion and Perspectives | 39 |
| References | 40 |
| Capacities in Diversified Classrooms | 44 |
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| Abstract | 44 |
| 1 Current on-going changes in education in the context of school accountability | 46 |
| 3 Students as capacities in education | 52 |
| 4 Conclusion | 56 |
| References | 57 |
| The Role of Imagination when Teaching the Diverse Group | 62 |
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| Abstract | 62 |
| 1 Introduction | 62 |
| 2 The role of imagination in Didaktik | 64 |
| 3 The semantics of teaching | 66 |
| 4 Discussion: The challenge of group diversity | 70 |
| 5 Conclusion | 72 |
| References | 73 |
| Gender | 76 |
| The Professional Student – a Matter of Gender? Learner Responsibility in Upper Secondary Schools | 78 |
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| Abstract | 78 |
| 1 Introduction | 78 |
| 2 Learner responsibility for school learning | 79 |
| 3 Method | 81 |
| 4 Students’ apprehension of responsibility versus freedom | 81 |
| 5 Discussion | 88 |
| References | 91 |
| Gender and Didactics: How to Teach Gender Theory | 94 |
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| Abstract | 94 |
| 1 Introduction | 94 |
| 2 Dealing with gender in higher education | 95 |
| 3 Experiments on gender-learning: Shopping mall, nail polishing, walking and sitting like a man or a woman | 100 |
| 4 Gender and didactics: Gender sensitivity | 107 |
| References | 109 |
| Double Socialisation: Gender and Disciplinary Cultures in Higher Education | 114 |
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| Abstract | 114 |
| 1 Introduction | 114 |
| 2 Beginner students’ double socialisation into academic and student culture | 115 |
| 3 Male students’ statements: disadvantages of being a minority? | 118 |
| 4 Synopsis and conclusion | 124 |
| References | 126 |
| Media | 128 |
| Media, Bildungstheorie and Didactics1 | 130 |
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| Abstract | 130 |
| 1 The term ‘Bildung’ | 130 |
| 2 Media Bildung | 135 |
| 3 Summary | 139 |
| References | 139 |
| Gender Mainstreaming and Diversity Management in E-learning-projects | 144 |
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| Abstract | 144 |
| 1 Gender Mainstreaming (GM) and e-learning | 144 |
| 2 Checklists and quality guidelines as contribution to gender mainstreaming and gender-sensitive didactics | 145 |
| 3 Insights and consequences drawn from the research on e-learning | 147 |
| 4 Summary: consequences for the implementation of a gender-sensitive strategy | 155 |
| References | 156 |
| Mimetic Didaktik: Why “The Medium is the Message” in Teaching | 158 |
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| Abstract | 158 |
| 1 Introduction | 158 |
| 2 Theory | 159 |
| 3 Discussion | 161 |
| 4 Conclusion | 167 |
| References | 167 |
| The Role of Worksheets in Media Based Instruction | 170 |
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| A Didactic and Diagnostic Approach Abstract | 170 |
| 1 Media based learning environments – and learning theories | 170 |
| 2 The relationship of New Media and Instruction | 171 |
| 3 The research study’s underlying theoretical framework | 172 |
| 4 The art of asking questions | 173 |
| 5 What are worksheets? | 175 |
| 6 Summary | 181 |
| References | 181 |
| Gaming and Learning: Theory, Research, and Practice | 186 |
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| 1 Introduction-What is learning by gaming about? | 186 |
| 2 Complex information processing is more than cognitive processing | 187 |
| 3 Gaming attributes and characteristics revisited | 190 |
| 4 Didactic implications | 192 |
| 5 Summary | 197 |
| References | 197 |
| About the authors | 200 |