Tradition and Innovation in Education

The book contains articles about outdoor education in kindergarten, student teacher lesson analysis skills, activities that bridge the theory-practice gap, an explanation for the variation in reading proficiency in the PISA, identity of academics in the university, and user experience evaluation systems for pupils with disabilities. Tradition and Innovation in Education presents a number of articles that deal with topics as varied as outdoor education in Estonian kindergartens, student teacher lesson analysis skills, activities that bridge the theory-practice gap and the identity of academics in a changing university environment. In the light of PISA they also discuss how student awareness and the choice of different learning strategies explains the variation in reading proficiency. A user experience evaluation system is offered for pupils with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities, while living, learning and discovery learning is presented as an approach to violin studies for beginners. The volume takes a new look at creativity as being discussed too much and losing its meaning.