Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface, Lindy Abawi, Joan M. Conway, and Robyn Henderson. Foreword, Bryan T. Connors. Acknowledgements. About the Authors. Exposing Threads: Creating Connections in Teaching and Learning, Robyn Henderson, Lindy Abawi, and Joan M. Conway.

SECTION I: CONNECTING WITHIN SCHOOL CONTEXTS. Connecting Early Childhood Educators, Action Research, and Teaching for Social Justice, Karen Hawkins. Inspire to Connect a Learning Desire, Brad McLennan and Karen Peel. Shared Values Connecting Parents, Teachers, and Students, J. Anne Casley. Engaging Students Through Student Voice: Negotiating Pedagogy, Ian Fraser. Relational Trust as a Core Resource for Building Capacity in Schools, Richard Scagliarini. International Teachers Making Connections in Times of Change, Marie Davis.

SECTION II: CONNECTING BEYOND SCHOOL CONTEXTS. Enhancing Relationships in Doctoral Student Supervision: Shibboleths, Signifiers, and Strategies, P. A. Danaher and Henriette van Rensburg. Productive Partnerships: Cross-Departmental Connections in a Tertiary Context, Karen Noble and Robyn Henderson. Addressing Offshore Disconnection's Between Chinese and Western Business Academics and Students, Joe Peng Zhou and Cec Pedersen. Curriculum Connections: Lessons from Post-Compulsory Vocational Education and Training, Lindsay Parry, R. E. (Bobby) Harreveld and P. A. Danaher.

SECTION III: MAKING MEANING FROM LIVED EXPERIENCES. Look Who’s Listening: Using the Superaddressee for Understanding Connections in Dialogue, Warren Midgley. Effective Cluster Collaborations: Transformation Through School and University Connections, Joan M. Conway and Lindy Abawi. Linking Pedagogical Documentation to Phenomenological Research, Laurie Kocher. Juggling Research with Teaching: Building Capacity in a University Research Team, Margaret Baguley and Helmut Geiblinger. Sharing Japanese and Australian Culture: A Case Study in Second Language Learning, Junichi Hatai and Robert D. White.

SECTION IV: MAKING VIRTUAL CONNECTIONS. A New Zealand Tertiary Educator’s Online Journey, C. E. Haggerty. Connecting Learners in Virtual Space: Forming Learning Communities, Lyn Brodie and Peter Gibbings. Bridging a Discipline Divide Through the Lens of Community of Inquiry, Petrea Redmond and Christine McDonald. Finding the Right Online Learning Connections: Comparing Models in Practice, Tina van Eyk. Linking the Threads: Creating Clearer Connections, Lindy Abawi, Joan M. Conway, and Robyn Henderson.