ABSTRACT
Our initial interest concerned the practical use of diverse educational resources within a range of educational settings and subject/disciplinary traditions. We challenged researchers and educators to present and explore concrete examples from their scientific or teaching experience, addressing how educational resources – in a broad understanding – have been used, can be used, and are being used in different educational settings. Pedagogical reflections, educational policies, and societal contexts play a role in these explorations. The recent pandemic had also raised our awareness as to how teaching practices and didactical thinking are adjusted and transformed in changing situations. The main intention behind this volume was to display the use of resources in education across the humanities and social sciences, from different social, political, and historical contexts, and all educational levels, in order to make new connections and inspire future interdisciplinary cooperation. This book is not intended as a handbook on the use of learning materials but as an invitation to critical reflection about how, why, and when we use different resources and to what end. In drawing together examples and chapters from a wide range of subjects, this volume allows for a fruitful interdisciplinary and didactical discussion of these topics.
