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Creating and Sustaining the Constructivist Classroom 1 review
Bruce A. Marlowe, Marilyn L. Page
Corwin Press, 2005
Best book I have read on constructivism and standards
The authors got it right in the first edition, but this new edition is extraordinary. Marlowe and Page address every important issue in relation to developing constructivist classrooms and give teachers the support they need to believe in themselves.
If you don't read anything else this year, get this book and read chapter 5 on standards and assessment. It cuts through the nonsense of mandates ...
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Constructivist Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners1 review
Sharon Adelman Reyes, Trina Lynn Vallone
Corwin Press, 2007
Culturally sensitive instruction methods geared to encourage educational equity
Sharon Adelman Reyes and Trina Lynn Vallone's CONSTRUCTIVIST STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS packs in details on culturally sensitive instruction methods geared to encourage educational equity. ESL learners grow and educators need new strategies to address their special needs - which they will find here, which blends classroom examples and grade-level connections with ideas on ...
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The Young Child as Scientist: A Constructivist Approach to Early Childhood Science Education (2nd Edition)4 reviews
Christine Chaille, Lory Britain
Allyn & Bacon, 1997
A Science Teachers Dream!
This book is perfect for an elementary school teacher or science teacher. The book talks about the underlying processes that enable each child to learn in their own unique way. Teachers can take the information presented in this book and prepare science lessons that support the learning capabilities of the children. This book also presents numerous case studies and scenarios that give readers a ...
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The Lyrical Constructivist: Don Gummer Sculpture2 reviews
John Arthur
Chamelelon Books, 2007
It's About Time
Yes! A long overdue book on a wonderful artist. Fans of Brown's work or those who admire the Bay Area Figurative Painters will definitely want this book to add to their library. John Arthur"s commentary on the history of realism and how Brown fits in historically is insightful, funny, witty, and most importantly readable. This book is a great value. I was very surprised that a book with so many ...
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Moral Classrooms, Moral Children: Creating a Constructivist Atmosphere in Early Education (Early Childhood ...2 reviews
Rheta Devries, Betty S. Zan
Teachers College Press, 1994
From the back cover:
In Moral Classrooms, Moral Children, authors Rheta DeVries and Betty S. Zan draw on and extend the work of Jean Piaget into the realm of sociomoral development. The authors argue that constructivist education must involve more than the special activities with which it is commonly associated (such as group games, physical-knowledge and whole language activities). Planning must also include ...
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Constructivist Learning Design: Key Questions for Teaching to Standards1 review
George W., Jr. Gagnon, Michelle Collay
Corwin Press, 2006
Teachers or choreographer?
In this wonderful book, George Gagnon, teacher of mathematics and his wife M. Collay, professor of music, explain us why in a constructivist perspective, the teachers we must to act like choreographer that engage their students to develop his potential to dance together and support one anothers to obtain a deep learning. They are based on its experience to display us a constructivist learning ...
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Developing Constructivist Early Childhood Curriculum: Practical Principals and Activities (Early Childhood ...2 reviews
Betty Zan, Carolyn Hildebrandt, ...
Teachers College Press, 2001
"The Constructivist Teacher's Bible"
As a novice constructivist practitioner, I consider this as my "Constructivist Teacher's Bible". PRACTICAL application of the philosophy/theories. Amen!
Still in doubt? Here's a tip : When you visit a school which practices a constructivist curriculum, check out the school's administrators/teachers' library.
Chances are you'd see a copy of this book (probably alongside the theory-laden "100 ...
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Rationality in Economics: Constructivist and Ecological Forms2 reviews
Vernon L. Smith
Cambridge University Press, 2007
Unique insights plus an enjoyable read
I read a lot of books about economics. Until reading Rationality in Economics, I had not read an economics book that gave me precisely what I want: (1) genuine insights on a wide range of important issues, (2) a feel for the key contributions in the academic literature with a minimum of technical detail, and (3) a writing style that explains so much in straightforward language that reading the ...
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Constructivist Early Education, Overview an Comparison With Our Program: Overview and Comparison With Other ...1 review
Rheta Devries, Lawrence Kohlberg
National Association for the Education of You, 1989
Please correct the title, add authors. This is a classic.
Amazon.Com: Please correct this title, add authors DeVries & Kohlberg. This book is a classic.
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Creating and Sustaining the Constructivist Classroom5 reviews
Bruce A. Marlowe, Marilyn L. Page
Corwin Press, 1997
The best book I've ever seen on the subject for teachers.
This is the only book on constructivism that I have ever seen that is designed for teachers as opposed to academics. While it is clearly scholarly, it is highly practical and contains a wealth of useful, creative, and exciting ideas for teachers to put into practice tomorrow in their own classrooms. Their is a glowing endorsement on the back cover from Alfie Kohn, one with which I wholly agree, ...
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The Dimensional Thinker: From Building a Constructivist Edge to Finding Bloom on Mars1 review
William C. Bruce, Jean K. Bruce
Home Tree Media, 2000
Beyond the classroom .....
As a textbook, this was an excellent tool to learn Bloom's taxonomy at a deeper level. In the classroom the book was a vital helper when working with categorizing the educational objectives. However, I found it even more indispensable when studying for the Teacher's Certification Examination. Dr. Bruce's method of explaining the taxonomy levels, combined with his categorization exercises with ...
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Designing for Learning: Six Elements in Constructivist Classrooms1 review
George W., Jr. Gagnon, Michelle Collay
Corwin Press, 2000
Highly applicable
I have just completed a Master of Arts Program in teaching. For my Masters Project I studied the methods and effects of constructivism. An oft stated criticism of constructivist pedagogy is that it is an epistemology and theory that is easier defined than applied. There are a lot of books out there which explain and analyze the theory. These are good to have read before hand in order to truly ...
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Russian Constructivist Posters1 review
Flammarion-Pere Castor, 1992
Russian Constructivist Posters
If you are interested in the Russian Constructivist design movement, this the book for you!
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Made-Up Minds: A Constructivist Approach to Artificial Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence)1 review
Gary L. Drescher
The MIT Press, 1991
A significant advance in Artificial Intelligence
This book describes a theory of how a computer program might be implemented to learn and use new concepts that have not been programmed into it. It uses the theories and observations of Jean Piaget, theories of learning in infants and children, as a basis on which to formulate a new vocabulary which allows us to talk in concrete terms about formerly vague and confusing concepts which are central ...
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Quick Review Math Handbook: Hot Words, Hot Topics, Book 3, Student Edition1 review
McGraw-Hill
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2003
GREAT
I loved this book...
It really helped me get into a great high school
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Teaching Strategies for Constructivist and Developmental Counselor Education1 review
Bergin & Garvey, 2001
Excellent Teaching Tool
It took me a while to find this book and I am so glad that I did. As a grauate school counselor educator I have used many of the ideas discussed in this book. My class is more involved and interested in the topic being discussed. It is well worth the cost.
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Early Childhood Curriculum: A Constructivist Perspective1 review
N. Amanda Branscombe, Kathryn Castle, ...
Wadsworth Publishing, 2002
Great book
Book was in wonderful condition, and came within a few business days. Very pleased with the book.
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Teaching Science for Understanding: A Human Constructivist View (Educational Psychology)1 review
Joseph D. Novak
Academic Press, 1998
A book to help drag science teaching from the 19th Century!
An excellent book laying out the authors'view of teaching and learning - The Human Constructivist view. If you are a science teacher and feel that there is something missing in your classrooms, read this book. If you are disenchanted with a prescriptive curriculum that bores you and your students, read this book. If you want to find out how to get into your students' minds (using tools such as ...
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Learning to Solve Problems with Technology: A Constructivist Perspective (2nd Edition)1 review
David H. Jonassen, Jane Howland, ...
Prentice Hall, 2002
A must read for teachers of all ages of students
David Jonassen has written prolifically throughout his career on the importance of meaning-making as a strategy for learning when using technologies. His belief is that students should learn using technology, not learn about technology. Often termed constructivism, the authors instantly address the newness of this concept of learning but proclaim it key to other disciplines over a much greater ...
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Social Studies for the Elementary and Middle Grades: A Constructivist Approach1 review
Cynthia Szymanski Sunal, Mary Elizabeth Haas
Allyn & Bacon, 2001
Social Studies!
Great textbook guys! I like this one because it gives the reader exciting ways to teach Social Studies. The book shows the reader how to make Social Studies interesting and not cause students to become bored with the subject. This book will also help me in my future classroom!:) The last thing I would want is for a student to become bored with any subject.
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