Meet the editor

Maria Jose Hernández-Serrano, DPhil, is a tenured lecturer in the Department of Theory and History of Education, University of Salamanca, Spain, where she currently teaches Teacher Education. She is interested in the analysis of cognitive and affective processes, along with the study of social contingencies affecting educational institutions and requiring new skills for educators. Her publications are mainly of the educational process mediated

by technologies and digital competences. Her new research interest is on the transdisciplinary application of brain-based research to educational contexts and virtual environments, and the neuropedagogical implications of the technologies on the development of the brain in younger students. Dr. Serrano is currently the deputy director of Institutional and International Relationships in de School of Education, University of Salamanca.

Contents

**Section 1**

across the Globe

'Sophisticated Knowledge' *by Laura Sara Agrati*

**Preface V**

Digital Evolution for Flexible and Collaborative Learning Environments **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 19**

**Chapter 3 39**

**Chapter 4 55**

**Chapter 5 71**

Pedagogical Interactions and Professional Transformation **85**

**Chapter 6 87**

Remote Support through Technologies: A Research-Training on Teachers'

Decoding the Digital Gap in Teacher Education: Three Perspectives

The Revolutionary Media Education Decade: From the UNESCO

Are Teacher Students' Deep Learning and Critical Thinking at Risk

Essential Knowledge, Competences, Skills and Pedagogical Strategies

*by Steinar Thorvaldsen and Siri Sollied Madsen*

to the ALFAMED Curriculum for Teacher Training

of Being Limited in Digital Learning Environments? *by Siri Sollied Madsen, Steinar Thorvaldsen and Sissel Sollied*

for the 21st Century Teacher Education in Kenya

*by Catherine Adhiambo Amimo*

of 21st Century Pedagogy

*by Joshua C. Elliott and Craig S. Tunks*

**Section 2**

From the Classroom into Virtual Learning Environments:

Modern Teacher Education - Supporting the Vast Landscape

*by Paula Renés-Arellano, Ignacio Aguaded and Maria Jose Hernández-Serrano*
