Radical Constructivism In Mathematics Education

Author : E. Glasersfeld
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 264 pages
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Release : 2006-04-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780306472015

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Mathematics is the science of acts without things - and through this, of things one can define by acts. 1 Paul Valéry The essays collected in this volume form a mosaik of theory, research, and practice directed at the task of spreading mathematical knowledge. They address questions raised by the recurrent observation that, all too frequently, the present ways and means of teaching mathematics generate in the student a lasting aversion against numbers, rather than an understanding of the useful and sometimes enchanting things one can do with them. Parents, teachers, and researchers in the field of education are well aware of this dismal situation, but their views about what causes the wide-spread failure and what steps should be taken to correct it have so far not come anywhere near a practicable consensus. The authors of the chapters in this book have all had extensive experience in teaching as well as in educational research. They approach the problems they have isolated from their own individual perspectives. Yet, they share both an overall goal and a specific fundamental conviction that characterized the efforts about which they write here. The common goal is to find a better way to teach mathematics. The common conviction is that knowledge cannot simply be transferred ready-made from parent to child or from teacher to student but has to be actively built up by each learner in his or her own mind.

Author : E. von Glasersfeld
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1991-06-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780792312574

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Radical Constructivism in Mathematics Education by E. von Glasersfeld Pdf

Mathematics is the science of acts without things - and through this, of things one can define by acts. 1 Paul Valéry The essays collected in this volume form a mosaik of theory, research, and practice directed at the task of spreading mathematical knowledge. They address questions raised by the recurrent observation that, all too frequently, the present ways and means of teaching mathematics generate in the student a lasting aversion against numbers, rather than an understanding of the useful and sometimes enchanting things one can do with them. Parents, teachers, and researchers in the field of education are well aware of this dismal situation, but their views about what causes the wide-spread failure and what steps should be taken to correct it have so far not come anywhere near a practicable consensus. The authors of the chapters in this book have all had extensive experience in teaching as well as in educational research. They approach the problems they have isolated from their own individual perspectives. Yet, they share both an overall goal and a specific fundamental conviction that characterized the efforts about which they write here. The common goal is to find a better way to teach mathematics. The common conviction is that knowledge cannot simply be transferred ready-made from parent to child or from teacher to student but has to be actively built up by each learner in his or her own mind.

Author : Leslie P. Steffe,Patrick W. Thompson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135699451

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Radical Constructivism in Action by Leslie P. Steffe,Patrick W. Thompson Pdf

Over the last twenty-five years Ernst von Glasersfeld has had a tremendous impact on mathematics and science education through his fundamental insights into the nature of knowledge and knowing. Radical Constructivism in Action is a new volume of papers honouring his work by building on his model of knowing. The contributions by leading researchers present constructivism in action, tying the authors' actions regarding practical problems of mathematics and science education, philosophy, and sociology to their philosophical constraints, giving meaning to constructivism operationally. The book begins with a retrospective analogy between radical constructivism's emergence and changes in what is thought of as "certain" scientific knowledge. It aims to increase understanding of constructivism and Glasersfeld's achievement, and is vibrant evidence of the continued vitality of research in the constructivism tradition.

Author : Ernst von Glasersfeld
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135716042

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RADICAL CONSTRUCTIVISM by Ernst von Glasersfeld Pdf

First Published in 1995. In the past decade or two, the most important theoretical perspective to emerge in mathematics education has been that of constructivism. This burst onto the international scene at the controversial Eleventh International Conference on the Psychology of Mathematics Education in Montreal in the summer of 1987. No one there will forget von Glasersfeld's authoritative plenary presentation on radical con­structivism, and his replies to critics. Ironically, the conference, at which attacks on radical constructivism were perhaps intended to expose fatally its weaknesses, served as a platform from which the theory was launched to widespread international acceptance and approbation. Radical constructivism is a theory of knowing that provides a pragmatic approach to questions about reality, truth, language and human understanding. It breaks with the philosophical tradition and proposes a conception of knowledge that focuses on experiential fit rather than metaphysical truth. It claims to be a useful approach, not the revelation of a timeless world. The ten chapters of this book present different facets in an elegantly written and thoroughly argued account of this epistemological position, providing a profound analysis of its central concepts.

Author : E. von Glasersfeld
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 940174095X

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Radical Constructivism in Mathematics Education by E. von Glasersfeld Pdf

Author : Ernst von Glasersfeld
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789087903480

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Key Works in Radical Constructivism by Ernst von Glasersfeld Pdf

Key Works on Radical Constructivism brings together a number of essays by Ernst von Glasersfeld that illustrate the application of a radical constructivist way of thinking in the areas of education, language, theory of knowledge, and the analysis of a few concepts that are indispensable in almost everything we think and do.

Author : Ernst von Glasersfeld
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135716059

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RADICAL CONSTRUCTIVISM by Ernst von Glasersfeld Pdf

First Published in 1995. In the past decade or two, the most important theoretical perspective to emerge in mathematics education has been that of constructivism. This burst onto the international scene at the controversial Eleventh International Conference on the Psychology of Mathematics Education in Montreal in the summer of 1987. No one there will forget von Glasersfeld's authoritative plenary presentation on radical con­structivism, and his replies to critics. Ironically, the conference, at which attacks on radical constructivism were perhaps intended to expose fatally its weaknesses, served as a platform from which the theory was launched to widespread international acceptance and approbation. Radical constructivism is a theory of knowing that provides a pragmatic approach to questions about reality, truth, language and human understanding. It breaks with the philosophical tradition and proposes a conception of knowledge that focuses on experiential fit rather than metaphysical truth. It claims to be a useful approach, not the revelation of a timeless world. The ten chapters of this book present different facets in an elegantly written and thoroughly argued account of this epistemological position, providing a profound analysis of its central concepts.

Author : Glasersfeld
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:249323752

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Radical Constructivism ; ... by Glasersfeld Pdf

Author : Paul Ernest
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136364723

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Constructing Mathematical Knowledge by Paul Ernest Pdf

First published in 1994. This book and its companion volume, Mathematics, Education and Philosophy: An International Perspective are edited collections. Instead of the sharply focused concerns of the research monograph, the books offer a panorama of complementary and forward-looking perspectives. They illustrate the breadth of theoretical and philosophical perspectives that can fruitfully be brough to bear on the mathematics and education. The empathise of this book is on epistemological issues, encompassing multiple perspectives on the learning of mathematics, as well as broader philosophical reflections on the genesis of knowledge. It explores constructivist and social theories of learning and discusses the rile of the computer in light of these theories.

Author : Barbara Jaworski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135716127

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Investigating Mathematics Teaching by Barbara Jaworski Pdf

Barbara Jaworski addresses a number of questions that are central to research on reform in mathematics education today. In this volume she attempts to chart critically yet honestly her own developing ideas as she undertakes a several-year-long enquiry into mathematics teaching and gives a very personal account of her developing conceptions, conjectures, thoughts and reflections. The author accounts for her research both genetically and biographically, simultaneously restructuring the development of her ideas and giving a rigorous, critical and reflective account.

Author : Marie Larochelle,Nadine Bednarz,James W. Garrison
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1998-08-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 0521621356

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Constructivism and Education by Marie Larochelle,Nadine Bednarz,James W. Garrison Pdf

An international collection dealing with the constructivist approach to education.

Author : Erna Yackel,Koeno Gravemeijer,Anna Sfard
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789048197293

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A Journey in Mathematics Education Research by Erna Yackel,Koeno Gravemeijer,Anna Sfard Pdf

Our objective is to publish a book that lays out the theoretical constructs and research methodologies within mathematics education that have been developed by Paul Cobb and explains the process of their development. We propose to do so by including papers in which Cobb introduced new theoretical perspectives and methodologies into the literature, each preceded by a substantive accompanying introductory paper that explains the motivation/rationale for developing the new perspectives and/or methodologies and the processes through which they were developed, and Cobb’s own retrospective comments. In this way the book provides the reader with heretofore unpublished material that lays out in considerable detail the issues and problems that Cobb has confronted in his work, that, from his viewpoint, required theoretical and methodological shifts/advances and provides insight into how he has achieved the shifts/advances. The result will be a volume that, in addition to explaining Cobb’s contributions to the field of mathematics education, also provides the reader with insight into what is involved in developing an aggressive and evolving research program. When Cobb confronts problems and issues in his work that cannot be addressed using his existing theories and frameworks, he looks to other fields for theoretical inspiration. A critical feature of Cobb’s work is that in doing so, he consciously appropriates and adapts ideas from these other fields to the purpose of supporting processes of learning and teaching mathematics; He does not simply accept the goals or motives of those fields. As a result, Cobb reconceptualizes and reframes issues and concepts so that they result in new ways of investigating, exploring, and explaining phenomena that he encounters in the practical dimensions of his work, which include working in classrooms, with teachers, and with school systems. The effect is that the field of mathematics education is altered. Other researchers have found his "new ways of looking" useful to them. And they, in turn, adapt these ideas for their own use. The complexity of many of the ideas that Cobb has introduced into the field of mathematics education can lead to a multiplicity of interpretations by practitioners and by other researchers, based on their own experiential backgrounds. Therefore, by detailing the development of Cobb’s work, including the tensions involved in coming to grips with and reconciling apparently contrasting perspectives, the book will shed additional light on the processes of reconceptualization and thus help the reader to understand the reasons, mechanisms, and outcomes of researchers’ constant pursuit of new insights.

Author : K.P Gravemeijer,R. Lehrer,H.J. van Oers,Lieven Verschaffel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789401731942

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Symbolizing, Modeling and Tool Use in Mathematics Education by K.P Gravemeijer,R. Lehrer,H.J. van Oers,Lieven Verschaffel Pdf

This book explores the option of building on symbolizing, modeling and tool use as personally meaningful activities of students. It discusses the dimension of setting: varying from the study of informal, spontaneous activity of students, to an explicit focus on instructional design, and goals and effects of instruction; and the dimension of the theoretical framework of the researcher: varying from constructivism, to activity theory, cognitive psychology and instructional-design theory.

Author : John Mason,Sue Johnston-Wilder
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 0415326982

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Fundamental Constructs in Mathematics Education by John Mason,Sue Johnston-Wilder Pdf

This book brings together a collection of classic tasks, extracts and texts that have been quoted repeatedly in mathematics education literature.

Author : Paul Ernest
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791435873

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Social Constructivism as a Philosophy of Mathematics by Paul Ernest Pdf

Extends the ideas of social constructivism to the philosophy of mathematics, developing a powerful critique of traditional absolutist conceptions of mathematics, and proposing a reconceptualization of the philosophy of mathematics.