Constructivism in Education

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ISBN: 9780226601700 | 0226601706
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 6/1/2000

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Constructivism in Educationis a lively discussion of the varieties of constructivist thought which have been applied to the teaching of school subjects, especially science and mathematics. Contributors include philosophers of education and specialists in science, mathematics, and childhood education.

The National Society for the Study of Education

Board of Directors of the Society, 1999-2000; Contributors to the Yearbook

Acknowledgments

Editor's Preface

vii

An Opinionated Account of the Constructivist Landscape

(18)

D. C. Philips

Section One Constructivism as an Epistemology and Philosophy of Education

Editor's Introduction

(2)

Constructing Constructivism, Epistemological and Pedagogical

(22)

Kenneth R. Howe

Jason Berv

Seductive Illusions: Von Glasersfeld and Gergen on Epistemology and Education

(50)

Luise Prior McCarty

Thomas A. Schwandt

Section Two Social Constructivism

Editor's Introduction

(4)

A Critique of Radical Social Constructivism

(36)

Peter Slezak

Reconsidering Social Constructivism: The Relevance of George Herbert Mead's Interactionism

127

(34)

Eric Bredo

Section Three Constructivism in Science and Mathematics Education

Editor's Introduction

159

(2)

Appraising Constructivism in Science and Mathematics Education

161

(32)

Michael R. Matthews

Making Believe: The Collective Construction of Public Mathematical Knowledge in the Elementary Classroom

193

(34)

Deborab Loewenberg Ball

Hyman Bass

Section Four The Impact of Constructivism on Researchers

Editor's Introduction

225

(2)

Constructivism in Science Education: Moving on...

227

(27)

Kenneth Tobin

Constructivism and Learning Research in Science Education

254

(29)

Richard F. Gunstone

Section Five Final Opinions

Editor's Introduction

281

(2)

The Changing Perspectives of Constructivism: Science Wars and Children's Creativity

283

(25)

Joan Solomon

Moving Beyond the Impasse

308

(23)

Nicholas C. Burbules

Name Index

331

(3)

Subject Index

334

(5)

Publications of the Society

339

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