Description
bringing together issues of theory, research and practice in constructivist teacher education, this book raises the questions and offers answers as to how does one persuade students and teachers to change their fundamental beliefs and practices about teaching and learning.
Table of Contents
Constructivist teacher education - theory and practice, Virginia Richardson; Piagetian and emancipatory constructivsm, Jennifer Vadeboncoer; constructivism - contradictions and confusions, Allan MacKinnon and Carol Seatter; applying cognitive theory to teacher education, Nancy Winitzky and Don Kauchak; thinking about teaching and teaching about thinking, Magdelene Lampert; learning about how to plan in a constructivist manner, Sharon Feiman-Nemser; using constructivist approaches, Jolie Mayer-Smith and Ian Mitchell; the lived curriculum of a constructivist teacher education class, Francine Peterman; meeting student teachers on their own terms, John Loughran and Tom Russell.
