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Constructivism
| Maintained by the School of Education at the University of Colorado at Denver, the site provides information on constructivism: its proponents, definitions, its links to socio-cultural theory, enactivism, postmodern thought, activity theory, theory of technology, minimalism, learning environments, and correlations to related sites. (Last updated: 8/1/2001) |
http://www.towson.edu/csme/mctp/Essays.html
Essays on constructivism and education
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Collected by the Maryland Collaborative for Teacher Preparation, this site has links to some 60 sources on constructivist research, constructivist tools in teaching and student learning, and constructivism in the classroom. |
http://www.univie.ac.at/constructivism/
Radical Constructivism
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This site, with over 700 URL's is a premier place for information on constructivism. It provides listings of important people in the field, organizations and institutions, new books, papers, online periodicals, meetings, conferences, etc. (Last updated: 10/21/2001) |
Abbott, John and Terry Ryan. The Unfinished Revolution: Learning, Human Behavior, Community, and Political Paradox. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2001. (Annotated at Brain-based learning)
Dewey, John. Democracy and Education. New York, NY: Free Press, 1916,1944.
| Considered as one of the founders of constructivist thought and a major contributor to the philosophy of education. "The philosophy stated in this book connects the growth of democracy with the development of the experimental method in the sciences, evolutionary ideas in the biological sciences, and the industrial reorganization, and is concerned to point out the changes in subject matter and method of education indicated in these developments." |
Peters, Otto. Learning and Teaching in Distance Education: Analyses and Interpretations from an International Perspective. London, UK: Kogan Page, and Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, Inc. 1998.
| Peters brings to his subject a wide range of experience and knowledge. His theories are founded in constructivism and autonomous learning which he applies in a screen environment by using hypertext. (pp. 84, 134). |
Vygotsky, L.S. Mind in Society. Michael Cole, Michael, et al, eds. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1978. (Annotated at Educational theories)
Vygotsky, L.S. Thought and Language. Eugenia Hanfman, Eugenia, et al, eds., Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1962.(Annotated at Educational theories)
Wertsch, James V. Vygotsky and the Social Formation of Mind. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press,1985.
| This study of the life and work of one of the greatest pioneers in 20th century psychology is, in itself, a fascinating contribution to cognitive psychology and human development. "In examining Vygotsky's cultural-historical approach to the origins and development of higher mental functions and consciousness, Wertsch has not limited his analysis to psychology. Rather, he has correctly viewed this approach as a general theory of culture, an approach that is rooted in Russian culture of the first decades of the twentieth century. This is the context in which the 'phenomenon of Vygotsky' must be understood." |
Wertsch, James V. Voices of the Mind: A Sociocultural Approach to Mediated Action. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1991.
| Integrating a broad array of theoretical work, particularly that of Vygotsky and Bakhtin, the author outlines an approach to mental functioning that stresses its inherent cultural, historical, and institutional context. He focuses on mediational means - especially language - and considers how they shape both social and individual processes (from the review by Harvard Educational Review). |
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