Social Constructivist Teaching

This volume is a sympathetic but analytical and critical view of social constructivist teaching, considering both its affordances and its constraints.

List of contents

Learning and teaching for understanding: the key role of collaborative knowledge building, (G. Wells); Social constructivist teaching and the shaping of students' knowledge and thinking, (G. Nuthall); A diversity of teaching and learning paths - teaching writing in situated activity, (C.S. Englert, K. Dunsmore); A highly interactive discourse structure, (A. Schoenfeld); Methods, goals, beliefs, commitments, and manner in teaching - dialogue against a calculus backdrop, (D. Chazan, M. Schnepp); Talking to understand science, (K.J. Roth); Constructing ideas about history in the classroom - the influence of competing forces on pedagogical decision making, (B.A. Van Sledright, J.H. James); Westward expansion and the ten-year-old mind - teaching for understanding in a diverse classroom, (C.M. Okolo et al); Discussion, (J. Brophy).

Summary

This volume is a sympathetic but analytical and critical view of social constructivist teaching, considering both its affordances and its constraints.

Product details

• Authors: J. Brophy, Jere Brophy
• Assisted by: J. Brophy (Editor), Jere Brophy (Editor)
• Publisher: Jai Press Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2002
• EAN: 9780762308736
• ISBN: 978-0-7623-0873-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 740 g
• Series: Advances in Research on Teachi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General