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GLOBAL EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY SERIES Volume 1 Series Editor Tasos Barkatsas, RMIT University, Australia Editorial Board Annica Andersson, Stockholm University, Sweden Amanda Berry, RMIT University, Australia Adam Bertram, RMIT University, Australia Anthony Clarke, University of British Columbia, Canada Yuksel Dede, Gazi University, Turkey Heather Fehring, RMIT University, Australia Kathy Jordan, RMIT University, Australia Peter Kelly, RMIT University, Australia Huk Yuen Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Juanjo Mena, University of Salamanca, Spain Peter Rushbrook, RMIT University, Australia Dianne Siemon, RMIT University, Australia Wee Tiong Seah, University of Melbourne, Australia Geoff Shacklock, RMIT University, Australia Robert Strathdee, RMIT University, Australia Ngai Ying Wong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Qiaoping Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Scope The Global Education in the 21st Century Series will address contemporary cuttingedge teaching, learning and research issues from a global perspective. The series will present a modern focus on the debates surrounding current and significant educational issues, as well as the technological advances that impact on contemporary educational practices during a period of rapid social and technological changes.

Global Learning in the 21st Century

Edited by Tasos Barkatsas and Adam Bertram School of Education, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Prefacevii Acknowledgementsix 1. Global Learning in the 21st Century: An Introduction Adam Bertram

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Section 1: Contemporary, Innovative Curriculum and Pedagogical Practices 2. What’s in a Game? Game-Based Learning and Gamification Nicola Carr and Matthew Cameron-Rogers

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3. Developing Conceptual Understanding: Effective Instructions for Teaching Students with Special Educational Needs Rebecca Seah

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4. Reframing Professional Experience: Adopting a Distributed Open Collaborative Course Framework to Facilitate Third Spaces Jennifer Elsden-Clifton and Kathy Jordan

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5. The Arts within a Sustainable Educational Agenda Alberto Cabedo Mas, Rohan Nethsinghe and David Forrest 6. Environmental Sustainability in Schools: Tensions around Teach