This open access book examines the facilitation of pre-service and in-service educators'
research thinking that equips them to be responsive to the unfolding uncertainties of the 21st
century and to likewise prepare their own students. It addresses several key areas including:
articulating the contemporary need for research thinking across teacher education showcasing
diverse yet conceptually connected strategies that all use the Research Skill Development (RSD)
framework providing an explicit scaffolded approach and extending knowledge of the 'Models of
Engaged Learning and Teaching' (MELT) conceptual framework. This book also addresses the
contemporary topics of social media for learning digital literacy education research as
cultural work and formations of communities of practice with cross-cutting themes of
scaffolded development and formative assessment of research skills. It highlights how research
thinking is not only vital for PST (Preservice Teachers) I-ST (In-Serivce Teachers) and
university educators but also models for them how to scaffold the research thinking of their
own students. This book's use of the RSD as a shared conceptual framework across the chapters
emphasises the overlaps between ways of thinking in the different learning areas in which
education occurs without masking the differences. Likewise the interdisciplinary work that
comprises Education is informed by the RSD conceptual framework as used in a variety of
disciplines. Together this use of RSD brings a strong sense of connectedness between PST I-ST
and university educators. This is an open access book.
