Table of Contents

Part I. Introduction: 1. Constructivism and education: beyond epistemological correctness Marie Larochelle and Madine Bednarz; Part II. From Epistemological Constructivism to Teaching: A Variety of Views: 2. Why constructivism must be radical Ernst von Glaserfeld; 3. An epistemology for didactics: speculations on situating a concept Albert Morf; 4. Toward a pragmatic social constructivism Jim Garrison; Part III. Teaching Within the Constructivist Mode: Practices and Promises: 5. Individual construction, mathematical acculturation, and the classroom community Paul Cobb, Marcela Perlwitz and Diana Underwood-Gregg; 6. The construction of answers to insoluble problems Maria-Luisa Schubauer-Leoni and Ladislas Ntamakiliro; 7. Voice and perspective: hearing epistemological innovation in students' words Jere Confrey; 8. Constructivism-in-action: students examine their idea of science Jacques Désautels; 9. Constructivism and ethical justification Gérard Fourez; 10. Social studies, trivial constructivism, and the politics of social knowledge Stephen C. Fleury; 11. Practical knowledge and school knowledge: a constructivist representation of education Yvon Pépin; Part IV. The Mediating role of Teachers and Teacher Education: 12. Sociocultural perspectives on the teaching and learning of science Kenneth Tobin; 13. Remarks on the education of elementary teachers Heinrich Bauersfeld; 14. Constructivism as a referent for reforming scinece education Michael L. Bentley; Part V. Conclusion: 15. Critical-constructivism and the sociopolitical agenda Jacques Désautels, Jim Garrison and Stephen C. Fleury; Notes; References; Index.

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"Marie Larochelle, Nadine Bednarz and Jim Garrison well deserve praise in acting as editors of the stimulating set of fifteen papers in Constructivism and education. These contributions show with some clarity that education can and does have an intellectual rationale in the epistemology of constructivism." Leslie Smith, Studies in Science Education