Constructivist Early Education, Overview an Comparison With Our Program

, by Devries, Rheta; Kohlberg, Lawrence

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ISBN: 9780935989335 | 0935989331
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Copyright: 6/1/1989

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Preface

An Appreciation

xvii

Part I Constructivist Theory

Education for Development

(14)

Broad Streams in Educational Thought

(7)

The Definition of Development

(3)

Translating Piaget's Theory into Educational Practice

(3)

Summary

(1)

Piaget's Theory and Education: Forming the Mind, Not Just Furnishing It

(25)

Nature of the Child's Mind

(1)

Educational Aims

(1)

Educational Practice: Active Education

(20)

The Construction of Constructivist Education

(2)

Summary

(1)

Translating Piaget's Theory into Curriculum: Three Approaches

(49)

Three Types of Translation of Piaget's Theory into Educational practice

(5)

Integration of Theoretical Aims with Children's Spontaneous Activity

(1)

Stages and Constructivism

(2)

Comparisons of Piagetian Programs

(1)

Theory in Objectives

(8)

Theory in Practice

(21)

The Role of the Teacher

(4)

Preoperational Structuring

(2)

Summary

(5)

Part II Curriculum and Activities Derived from Constructivist Goals

Physical-Knowledge Activities

(28)

Definition, Rationale, and Objectives

(1)

Criteria of Good Physical-Knowledge Activities

(1)

Types of Physical-Knowledge Activities

(2)

Principles of Teaching Physical-Knowledge Activities

(6)

Physical Knowledge and Science Education

101

(3)

Cognitive Progress in Physical-Knowledge Activities: Case Study of Children's Conceptions of Shadow Phenomena

104

(7)

Shadow Activities to Promote Development

111

(7)

Summary

118

(1)

Group Games

119

(24)

Definition of Group Games

119

(1)

The Prior Role of Games in Education

120

(1)

Rationale and Objectives

120

(5)

The Development of Role-Taking, and Cognitive and Moral Judgment in Group Games

125

(12)

Criteria of Good Group Games

137

(2)

Types of Group Games

139

(1)

Principles of Teaching

140

(2)

Summary

142

(1)

Moral Discussion and the Class Meeting

143

(42)

Lawrence Koblberg

Thomas Lickona

The Dilemma Approach

144

(12)

A Broader Approach to Social-Moral Education: Creating a Just Community in the Classroom

156

(24)

Summary

180

(5)

Part III Traditional School Objectives and Curricula from a Constructivist Perspective

Number and Arithmetic

185

(38)

Piaget's Theory of Number

186

(5)

A Constructivist Perspective on Some Traditional Aspects of Math Education and Early Efforts to Assimilate Piaget's Work

191

(13)

The New Math

204

(1)

Implications of Genevan Work for Mathematics Education

205

(15)

Summary and Conclusion

220

(3)

Reading and Writing

223

(38)

Ferreiro and Teberosky

223

(16)

Elkind

239

(2)

Chall

241

(2)

Educational Implications

243

(14)

Conclusions

257

(4)

Part IV Early Education Program Comparison and Evaluation from a Constructivist Perspective

Montessori Theory and Practice

261

(38)

Common Strands in Montessori and Piaget

262

(2)

Theoretical Divergencies between the Montessori Method and Constructivist Education: Sensory Absorption versus Intelligent Construction

264

(5)

The Montessori Method: A Constructivist Critique

269

(15)

General Contrasts Between the Montessori Method and Constructivist Education

284

(13)

Summary

297

(2)

Bank Street Theory and Practice

299

(72)

Objectives

303

(6)

Classroom Practice

309

(11)

Bank Street and Constructivist Programs in Action: Comparative Analysis of Approaches to Making Applesauce

320

(46)

Concluding Reflections

366

(2)

Theory and Educational Practice Reconsidered

368

(3)

The Future of Cognitive-Developmental and Constructivist Early Education

371

(28)

Teacher Development

373

(8)

The Teaching of Subject Matter

381

(1)

Applied Constructivist Theory

382

(1)

Evaluation of Cognitive-Developmental Education

383

(13)

Summary

396

(1)

Conclusion

397

(2)

References

399

(14)

Index

413

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Constructivist Early Education, Overview an Comparison With Our Program

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