Table of Contents
Front Matter
- Abstract
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication and Declaration
- Guide to Reading this Scalar Dissertation
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Abbreviations
- Glossary
Chapter 1 Introduction
- 1.1 Background
- 1.2 Rationale
- 1.3 Research Questions
- 1.4 Researcher Positionality
- 1.5 Alternative Dissertation Design
- 1.6 Chapter Summary
Chapter 2 Literature Review
- 2.1 Foundational Frameworks - The Theory
- 2.1.1 Socio-constructivism
- 2.1.2 Connectivism
- 2.1.3 Philosophy of Teaching
- 2.1.4 Pragmatism
- 2.2 Phenomenology
- 2.2.1 Transcendental Phenomenology
- 2.2.2 Interpretive Phenomenology (IP)
- 2.2.3 Post-intentional Phenomenology (P-IP)
- 2.3 Theoretical Frameworks Summary - how these foundations support this research
- 2.4 Conceptual Frameworks - Examining the fields of endeavour
- 2.4.1 Teacher Education
- 2.4.1.1 Teacher Educators
- 2.4.2 Open Education
- 2.4.2.1 Open educational resources (OER)
- 2.4.2.2 Open educational pedagogies (OEP)
- 2.4.2.3 Open educational practices (OEPr)
- 2.4.2.4 Open educational practices in teacher education
- 2.4.3 Literacies
- 2.4.3.1 Media literacies
- 2.4.3.2 Digital literacies
- 2.4.3.3 Untangling literacies
- 2.4.3.4 Critical media and digital literacies in this research
- 2.4.1 Teacher Education
- 2.5 Crystallization as a research framework
- 2.6 Literature review summary
Chapter 3 Research Design
- 3.1 Methodology
- 3.1.1 P-IP as methodology
- 3.1.2 Crystallizations in methodology
- 3.2 Methods
- 3.2.1 Data gathering
- 3.2.2 Timelines and research phases
- 3.2.3 Participants
- 3.2.3.1 Avatars and initials
- 3.2.4 Field notes
- 3.2.5 Interviews
- 3.2.6 Coding process
- 3.3 Validity
- 3.4 Ethics
- 3.5 Research design - Summary
Chapter 4 Research Findings
- 4.1 Introduction - A Diamond in the Rough
- 4.2 Facet one: Teacher educators
- 4.3 Facet two: Open educational practices
- 4.3.1 Access
- 4.3.2 Choice
- 4.3.3 Connections
- 4.4 Facet three: Media and digital literacies
- 4.4.1 Communication
- 4.4.2 Creativity
- 4.4.3 Criticality
- 4.5 Research Findings - Summary
Chapter 5 Discussion
- 5.1 What? So what?
- 5.1.1 Cognitive or Cultural?
- 5.2 Paddling the Many C's
- 5.2.1 Navigating into OEPr
- 5.2.2 Pathways toward media literacies
- 5.2.3 Waterways leading to digital literacies
- 5.3 Teacher educators in the open - leading the way?
Chapter 6 Conclusion
- 6.1 Summary of research
- 6.2 Reflections
- 6.3 Implications
- 6.4 Further research
- 6.5 Concluding thoughts
Appendices