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ERIC Number: EJ478370
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Rethinking Science Education: A Defense of Piagetian Constructivism.
Fosnot, Catherine Twomey
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v30 n9 p1189-1201 Nov 1993
In this defense of Piagetian constructivism, sociocultural constructivism is critiqued as nihilistic, culturally relative, and dangerous when placed in the context of real science classrooms. (PR)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education, Learning Theories, Piagetian Theory, Science Education
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Science Education Research