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Mestre on constructivism

 

What is constructivism?

http://thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/month2/index.html

 

(Short, clear details re what is constructivism; history; benefits etc)

 

‘Constructivism in teacher education: Considerations for those who would link practice with theory’  http://www.ericfacility.net/ericdigests/ed426986.html

 

(Discusses the different families of constructivism)

 

‘Constructivism as a Theory’   http://it.gse.gmu.edu/portfolio/kknodt/theorypapers/paper704.htm

 

(Conceptual change and constructivism)

 

The Impact of Constructivism on Education: Language, Discourse, and Meaning.

http://acjournal.org/holdings/vol5/iss3/special/jones.htm

 

The courage to be constructivist

http://www.ascd.org./readingroom/edlead/9911/brooks.html

 

Holloway, J.J. (1999). Caution: Constructivism ahead. Educational Leadership. 57 (3).

http://www.ascd.org./readingroom/edlead/9911/Holloway.html

 

Perkins, D. (1999). The many faces of constructivism. Educational Leadership. November pages 6-11.