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ERIC Number: EJ620469
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0926-7220
Constructivism in School Science Education: Powerful Model or the Most Dangerous Intellectual Tendency?
Jenkins, Edgar W.
Science and Education, v9 n6 p599-610 Nov 2000
Explores and challenges a number of assumptions and claims commonly associated with a constructivist approach to science education. Suggests that constructivist ideas are noteworthy within primary education because they help justify classroom practices and activities that primary school teachers regard as important. Greater clarity and precision is needed when referring to constructivist ideas in science education. (Author/SAH)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Learning Patterns
Note: Special issue: Constructivism, Epistemology and the Learning of Science.