Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. New Perspectives for Theory Development in Science Education: Rethinking Mental Models of Force in Primary School
Julie Vaiopoulou, Dimitrios Stamovlasis and George Papageorgiou (Department of Primary Education, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece, and others)

Chapter 2. Developing a Learning Environment Conducive to a Problem Based Learning Approach in Engineering Mathematics
Michael Peters (Aston University, Birmingham, UK)

Chapter 3. Transdisciplinary Digital Learning Environment for Special Education in the 21st Century
Norman Kee Kiak Nam (Early Childhood & Special Needs Education, National Institute of Education, An Institute of Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Walk, Singapore)

Chapter 4. Integrating Multicultural Curriculum through Service Learning Projects
Anni K. Reinking (Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, USA)

Chapter 5. The Methodology and Activity Type Influence in the Distance Walked by Physical Education Teachers
Josune Rodríguez-Negro and Javier Yanci (Faculty of Education and Sport, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain)

Chapter 6. The Study of Physical Education Teachers’ Walked Distances in Relation to Students’ Ages and the Time of Day
Josune Rodríguez-Negro and Javier Yanci (Faculty of Education and Sport, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain)

Chapter 7. An Exploratory Study Concerning the Productive Efficiency of Andalusian High Schools
Manuel Salas-Velasco (Department of Applied Economics, University of Granada, Spain)

Chapter 8. “New” Teaching Professionalism and the Professional Development of Educators in Higher Education: A Case Study of Studio Instructors at the University of Kansas
Maryam Ashkan, PhD (Vernacular Architecture, Department of Built Environment, University of Malaya, Malaysia, and others)

Chapter 9. L1 Use by Teachers and Students in EFL Classrooms: A Study of Turkish University Setting
Dogan Yuksel (Associate Professor, and Banu Inan Karagul, Associate Professor, Kocaeli University, ELT Department, Ýzmit, Turkey)

Chapter 10. Enhancing Knowledge Flows through Knowledge Representations in Healthcare Professional Development
Guglielmo Trentin (Institute for Educational Technology, National Research Council, Genoa, Italy)

Chapter 11. Health Professions’ Student Admission Policy: How to Link Selection and Performance? A Scoping Review of the Literature
Anna Siri, Hicham Khabbache, Brahim Akdim, Ali Al-Jafar, Mariano Martini, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi (Department of Mathematics (DIMA), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, and others)

Chapter 12. An Efficiency Assessment of Spanish Public Universities
Manuel Salas-Velasco (Department of Applied Economics, University of Granada, Spain)

Index