Theorising Personalised Education : Electronically Mediated Higher Education

This book examines the theoretical underpinning of the concept of personalised education and explores the question: What is personalised education in the contemporary higher education sector and how is it implemented? A broad, sophisticated definition of personalised learning has the potential to serve as a basis for more effective educational practices. The term ‘personalised education’ is, and continues to be, one with a variety of definitions. The authors’ definition both incorporates earlier concepts of personalised education and critically reassesses them. The book then adds a further dimension: personalised instruction in electronically mediated environments, where the goal is to achieve learning towards mastery individually with the help of differentiated and individualised electronic learning platforms. This book assesses the various arguments concerning personalised education, examining each through the lens of educational theory and pedagogy and subsequently positing a number of qualitative characteristics of personalised education that have the potential to influence policy and practices in the higher education sector. Front Matter....Pages i-xxi Introduction to the Philosophical Arguments Underpinning Personalised Education....Pages 1-16 A Brief History of E-mediated Education....Pages 17-25 Personalised Learning, Pedagogy, and E-mediated Tools....Pages 27-46 Through the Lens of Generational Theory....Pages 47-60 Personalised Education, Pedagogy, and Equity in the Higher Education Sector....Pages 61-81 Personalised or Programmed? Current Practices of University Systems....Pages 83-93 From Policy to Practice—Personalisation and the Higher Education Sector....Pages 95-106 Experiencing E-mediated Personalised Learning in Practice—A Teacher’s Insight....Pages 107-121 E-mediated Approaches to Personalising Inter-professional Learning in the Health Sector....Pages 123-143 Evidence in Relation to the Effectiveness of E-mediated Personalised Education....Pages 145-151 Back Matter....Pages 153-155