Factors that Perpetuate Test-Driven, Factory-Style Schooling: Implications for Policy and Practice ......................... 1
Karl F. Wheatley
Teachers’ Perspective of their Role and Student Autonomy in the PBL Context in China ........................................ 18
Huichun Li and Xiangyun Du
Is a Rubric Worth the Time and Effort? Conditions for Success .................................................................................... 32
Hiroshi Ito
The Art of Teaching: Instructive, Authoritative and Motivational ................................................................................ 46
Diana Martinez, PhD
Intercultural Understanding in the New Mobile Learning Environment .................................................................... 60
Daniel Chun
How Home Economics Teachers in Norwegian Lower Secondary Schools Implement Sustainability in their
Teaching? .............................................................................................................................................................................. 72
Else Marie Øvrebø
WelWel: Proposal for a Collaborative/Cooperative Learning Model in the Cloud ................................................... 84
Luis Garcia and Maria João Ferreira
User Behaviour on Google Search Engine ...................................................................................................................... 104
Bartomeu Riutord Fe
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Table of Contents
Factors that Perpetuate Test-Driven, Factory-Style Schooling: Implications for Policy and Practice .........................1
Karl F. Wheatley
Teachers’ Perspective of their Role and Student Autonomy in the PBL Context in China ........................................ 18
Huichun Li and Xiangyun Du
Is a Rubric Worth the Time and Effort? Conditions for Success .................................................................................... 32
Hiroshi Ito
The Art of Teaching: Instructive, Authoritative and Motivational ................................................................................ 46
Diana Martinez, PhD
Intercultural Understanding in the New Mobile Learning Environment ....................................................................60
Daniel Chun
How Home Economics Teachers in Norwegian Lower Secondary Schools Implement Sustainability in their
Teaching? .............................................................................................................................................................................. 72
Else Marie Øvrebø
WelWel: Proposal for a Collaborative/Cooperative Learning Model in the Cloud ................................................... 84
Luis Garcia and Maria João Ferreira
User Behaviour on Google Search Engine ...................................................................................................................... 104
Bartomeu Riutord Fe