ABSTRACT
Eminent scholars from around the globe gathered to discuss how educational systems would change if the prevailing principles of constructivism were applied to three major aspects of those systems -- knowledge and learning, communication, and environment. This volume provides documentation of the proceedings of this important meeting - - the Early Childhood Action Group of the Sixth International Congress on Mathematics Education.
This international assembly, representing such diverse disciplines as mathematics and math education, epistemology, philosophy, cognitive science, psycholinguistics, and science education, is the first to examine early childhood mathematics education from constructivist and international perspectives in addition to formulating recommendations for future work in the field.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|15 pages
Overview
part 2|22 pages
Epistemological Chapters
part 3|150 pages
Knowledge and Learning
part 3|30 pages
Discussion Chapters
part 3|83 pages
Discussion Chapters
chapter 3.9|13 pages
Possibility, Necessity, Contradiction, and Probability
part 4|124 pages
Communication
part 4|55 pages
Discussion Chapters: Actual Communication
part 4|31 pages
Discussion Chapters
chapter 4.11|10 pages
The Nature of Communication in Early Childhood in the Contexts of Home and School
part 5|135 pages
Environment
part 5|54 pages
Discussion Chapters
chapter 5.4|11 pages
Curriculum and Constructivism in Early Childhood Mathematics
part 5|49 pages
Discussion Chapters
chapter 5.14|12 pages
Action Research for Professional Development
part 6|16 pages
Conclusion