ABSTRACT
Unique in offering a multidisciplinary perspective on key issues of alternative epistemologies in education, this collection includes contributions from scholars in family therapy, epistemology, and mathematics, science, and language education. These respected researchers were brought together to develop the theme of constructivism as it applies to many diversified fields.
This book examines key distinctions of various constructivist epistemologies, comparing and contrasting the various paradigms. Each section provides both keynote positions on a particular alternative paradigm as well as critical comments by respondents regarding that position. Several chapters also present a synthesis of the alternative epistemological perspectives.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|62 pages
Radical Constructivism and Social Constructionism
part Ii|69 pages
Information-Processing Constructivism and Cybernetic Systems
part Iii|92 pages
Social Constructivism and Sociocultural Approaches
part Ai|42 pages
Analysis And Synthesis I
part Iv|98 pages
Alternative Epistemologies in Language, Mathematics, and Science Education
part V|33 pages
Alternative Epistemologies in Clinical, Mathematics, and Science Education
part Aii|30 pages
Analysis and Synthesis II
part Aiii|38 pages
Analysis and Synthesis