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Publication Date: 2008
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Teaching against the Grain: Enacting Constructivist Beliefs within Institutional
Madden, Marjorie; Leftwich, Stacey
Journal on Educational Psychology, v1 n4 p33-45 Feb-Apr 2008
This study purports to document, analyze, and interpret the learning that occurred across two university literacy courses in which faculty implemented a constructivist, critical literacy pedagogy. Findings explore what it means to share power in the classroom and the relationships between critical teaching and developing a literacy theory of practice.
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Teacher Educators, Teaching Methods, Critical Literacy, Power Structure, Learning Processes, Theory Practice Relationship, Attitude Change, Teacher Attitudes, Inquiry, College Students
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