The book contains articles about outdoor education in kindergarten, student teacher lesson analysis skills, activities that bridge the theory-practice gap, an explanation for the variation in reading proficiency in the PISA, identity of academics in the university, and user experience evaluation systems for pupils with disabilities.

Marika Veisson is Professor of Early Childhood Education and the Head of the Doctoral School at Tallinn University, Estonia. Airi Liimets is Professor of Philosophy and Sociology of Education at Tallinn University, Estonia. Pertti Kansanen is Professor Emeritus of Educational Science at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Edgar Krull is Professor of General Pedagogy at the Institute of Education, University of Tartu, Estonia.

Contents: Lehte Tuuling/Aino Ugaste/Tiia Õun: The Use of Outdoor Learning from the Perspective of Preschool Teachers and Principals – Kaja Oras/Sirje Sisask/Annela Liivat/Edgar Krull: One Approach to Developing Student Teacher Lesson Analysis Skills – Inge Timoštšuk/Maarja Tinn: Design Research Methodology for Teacher Educators’ Learning and Curriculum Innovation – Ülle Säälik/Jaan Mikk: Traditional and Advanced Learning Strategies Explaining the Reading Proficiency of Boys and Girls in Schools with Different Instructional Language – Kristiina Krabi: Constructions of Academic Identity at University: Processes «Taken-For-Granted» – Jana Kadastik: Evaluating the User Experience of Learning Tools, with a Focus on Pupils with PIMD: Using the Taxonomy of Behavioral Categories and Expert Assessments – Laine Sepp/Airi Liimets: The Violin Studies for Beginners - in a Traditional Way or … ? – Lilian Reinmets: The Construct of Creativity - Lost in Meanings?