This research was informed
by a constructivist epistemology, acknowledging that knowledge is situated and socially constructed [25].
They were also joined
by the Constructivist sculptor Naum Gabo and by the abstract expressionist painter Patrick Heron (1920 - 99).
It is housed in one of Russia's architectural masterpieces, the former Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage, designed in 1926
by the Constructivist architect, Konstanin Melnikov.
It is defined mainly
by constructivist works, Concrete Art and Op Art.
Inspired
by constructivist and deconstructivist artists such as Vladimir Tatlin, Richard Serra, and Gordon Matta - Clark, Rackowe's works also pay particular homage to the artists Donald Judd and Dan Flavin.
Studying at the Art Institute, Henry became part of a revolutionary group of sculptors who were influenced
by the Constructivist movement, introducing technology and engineering in the artistic realm and celebrating art for the public cause.
Inspired
by constructivist approaches to art and mass production, Muñoz also continues the tradition of body and durational performance, here synchronized to the steady rhythm of a metronome.
Open seven days a week, it was initially housed in the renowned Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage in Moscow, designed
by the Constructivist architect Konstantin Melnikov.
Thus, the technology learning was situated within the teachers» own classroom setting and instruction, supported by informal discourse community focused on technology integration at the school sites, and guided
by constructivist approaches to teaching and learning with technologies.
Currently, various countries around the world explicitly promote an approach to instruction that is supported
by constructivist theories of learning (Greeno, Collins, & Resnick, 1996; Piaget, 1952).
Numbers Count teaching and training are firmly underpinned
by constructivist approaches, in this way the training supports and encourages self - guided learning.
This learning, supported
by constructivist pedagogy, equips students with the knowledge and skills for an engaged post-secondary life.
Category 1: Self - directed, project - based learning is the primary focus; driven
by constructivist pedagogy.
VLEs such as Moodle are characterized
by constructivist approaches, their main intended use being a place to collaborate and extend discussions as oppose to hosting trackable learning objects.
The romantic view that children can basically educate themselves so long as grownups don't interfere is not taken seriously
by any constructivists I know of — certainly not by Dewey, Piaget, Kohlberg, or their followers.
Not exact matches
There are, in the history of philosophy, continually renewed controversies between those who, where the theory of knowledge is concerned, are commonly called realists, and those who are sometimes called idealists, but also
constructivists, between those for whom truth resides in the end in correspondence between proposition and fact, and those for whom it is something brought into being
by more or less autonomous understanding.
It should be pointed out, though, that nothing in the social -
constructivist position legitimates the denial of rights... Assertive gay liberationists have argued that it may be strategically wiser to concede the possibility that a few students might be influenced to become gay
by having an openly gay teacher as a role model, and to say, «So what?»
But according to Greenberg's «social
constructivist» view, homosexuality is a behavior produced and interpreted in different ways
by different societies at different times.
Addressing a major gap in IR scholarship, the importance of identity in influencing state behaviour was first elucidated
by writers within the
Constructivist school of thought, most notable among whom was Alexander Wendt.
Thus, while my own take on Russia in Ukraine is somewhat more informed
by «
constructivist realism» and the English School International Society approach, I still believe that International Relations scholars ought to confront the best versions of arguments with which they might disagree, especially on such a pressing matter as the Russian challenge to contemporary World Order.
It is not surprising, then, that history and government textbooks, increasingly shaped
by loose standards, incomplete assessments, and a generation of
constructivist pedagogy, poorly serve the teacher's critical need for solid information about civil disobedience.
By contrast, dyads offer us a form of Constructivist Listening, adapted by the National Equity Project from the National Coalition for Equity in Education, which rests on a few assumption
By contrast, dyads offer us a form of
Constructivist Listening, adapted
by the National Equity Project from the National Coalition for Equity in Education, which rests on a few assumption
by the National Equity Project from the National Coalition for Equity in Education, which rests on a few assumptions:
Constructivist artists were strongly inspired
by technology and architecture (also criticized as only their inferior imitation,
by the Russian artist Malevich, the founder of Suprematism).
For full disclosure, the theory and practice described in the pack reflects the author's democratic pedagogy, underpinned
by socio -
constructivist theories of learning (Vygotsky, 1978) and self - determination theories of motivation (Ryan, 2009).
The open letter was also published as a full - page ad in the Washington Post, paid for
by the Packard Humanities Institute, long a critic of
constructivist education.
Constructivist teachers focus on enriching students» perspective on the content
by facilitating rich experiences.
It's not going to come about just
by teaching the old stuff in a more, quote «
constructivist» way.
It's a tenet of the
constructivist learning theory first proposed
by Jean Piaget, and it considers the learning styles, preferences, and interests of the student.
Their learning styles are characterized
by social
constructivist and experiential learning.
He winds up faulting
constructivists not for their ideas, with which he is generally sympathetic, but for their lack of radical fervor, as «their work is marked
by a flirtation with but never full commitment to» the cause of revolution.
By the time the NCTE / IRA standards were published in 1996, there was widespread concern about the direction that
constructivist and sociocultural views of teaching and learning were taking curriculum, instruction, and assessment in all subject areas including reading.
A strict
constructivist would have children figure it out
by playing with sticks and other so - called manipulatives.
The use of metaphor was intended to exemplify a
constructivist approach
by encouraging preservice teachers to build on their own prior knowledge when attempting to plan
constructivist lessons.
Seventy - five percent of students taught with this approach successfully applied
constructivist lerning theory
by completing a
constructivist lesson on their own.
Rather than using technology as Kim and Sharp and others have done
by modeling and demonstrating
constructivist lessons first and then having preservice education students attempt to plan lessons
by emulating the approach later, the present approach promoted
constructivist lesson planning while students were in the process of planning the lesson.
All the way, the instructor circulated the classroom activating prior knowledge and stimulating the
constructivist approach
by asking how their planned approach might activate their future students» prior knowledge.
For the most part, they look more deeply at literacy than either policy or measurement researchers
by examining specific aspects of literacy instruction (e.g., writing process, qualities of writing, alignment of assessment with
constructivist curriculum frameworks in literacy, specificity of state standards) and
by situating much of their work in classrooms or in direct interactions with teachers.
While this analysis concluded that approximately 75 % of students using this approach successfully completed a
constructivist lesson, the focus provided
by the additional tasks outlined above may increase the percentage of preservice teachers successfully planning
constructivist lessons.
It was apparent that this lesson and others like it exemplified the essence of the metaphor of getting students from Point A to Point B, used authentic resources found on the World Wide Web via the Interactive Lesson Planner, followed the video clip models of
constructivist teaching found on the Interactive Lesson Planner, and reflected thinking shaped
by instructional scaffolding provided during the planning process.
Approximately 25 % of the lessons created and presented
by the students were not
constructivist in the approach.
It was hypothesized that
by providing preservice teachers with scaffolding and coaching during the planning process, their thought process would be better guided to produce
constructivist lessons.
Just as one may build a travel plan
by considering how to get from the origin to the destination, so too when teaching in a
constructivist mode, one must encourage the student to build upon their prior knowledge («Point A») in order to get them to reach the learning objectives («Point B»).
Specifically, Mintrop (2001), for example, found that of the 15 students participating in a 3 - year effort to learn how to successfully implement an «ambitious
constructivist model,» none were able to fully implement the
constructivist approach as it was «envisioned
by the pedagogy» (p. 208).
Students learning about issues in education
by incorporating their reflections on school in a
constructivist learning experience centering on the committee's work.
McIntyre et al. (1996) stated that
constructivist teacher education programs should create field experiences that facilitate the growth of teacher candidates through experiences, reflection, and self - examination rather than a positivist program that requires the teacher candidates to assume practices mandated
by those in authority.
In this situation, the planned lesson models a
constructivist learning approach in which the students» understanding is constructed
by the activities they complete through the project.
For some educators,
constructivist learning theory justifies discovery learning driven
by student interests; for others, it merely describes what happens whenever a learner's brain takes in information, even «passively» through a lecture.
Discussion of
constructivist learning theory in relation to literacy is followed
by an overview of the foundation experiences young children need for oral and written language acquisition.
As in many districts, elementary students were exposed to a
constructivist math program, then transitioned to a middle school curriculum dominated
by textbook and workbook assignments, and then to a course - based approach in high school.
JoBeth Allen and a group of classroom teachers (2002) wrote of how they used photography to make their students» lives a central part of a
constructivist and culturally relevant curriculum, an approach advocated
by Ladson - Billings (1994).