Toward the end of his life, the Russian psychologist L.S. Vygotsky turned away from his earlier work that he has become famous for only to sow the seeds for a new theory. In this theory, affect was to
Arguing against social constructivism as the dominant epistemology in education, this study of educational philosophy draws on the ideas of classical philosophers including Edmund Husserl and Marti
Dwelling, Building, Thinking makes the case for a phenomenological perspective on educational issues that challenges the mainstream ideas associated with a constructivist epistemology
Debriefing is a major component of the job in many high-risk industries where errors can have considerable, often deadly consequences, including combat, surgery, and aviation. Although there exists co
This book deals with uncertainty and graphing in scientific discovery work from a social practice perspective. It is based on a 5-year ethnographic study in an advanced experimental biology laboratory
Psychology, quantitative or qualitative, tends to conceive of the human person using metaphysical concepts and to separate the practical, affective, and intellectual aspects of participation in everyd
Psychology, quantitative or qualitative, tends to conceive of the human person using metaphysical concepts and to separate the practical, affective, and intellectual aspects of participation in everyd
Roth uses concrete lesson fragments and other material to develop a post-constructivist perspective on curriculum that is grounded in a phenomenological approach concerned with understanding the never
Curriculum*-in-the-Making theorizes about the living curriculum as an event that is in the making, for the enacted curriculum is something finished, which, only as an object, can be compared to anothe
This book deals with uncertainty and graphing in scientific discovery work from a social practice perspective. It is based on a 5-year ethnographic study in an advanced experimental biology laboratory
In what way do educators understand the language they use to make sense of the educational environment?How does language enable educators and how can they consciously make the most of its potential?Us
This book argues that the ‘constructivist metaphor’ has become a self-appointed overriding concept that suppresses other modes of thinking about knowing and learning science. Yet there are questions a
This study examines the origins of geometry in and out of the intuitively given everyday lifeworlds of children in a second-grade mathematics class. These lifeworlds, though pre-geometric, are not wit
In what way do educators understand the language they use to make sense of the educational environment?How does language enable educators and how can they consciously make the most of its potential?Us
Roth (applied cognitive science, U. of Victoria) examines the importance of talking about science in the classroom. He finds that while writing about science is important, it is how instructors descri
This volume presents the results of several studies involving scientists and technicians. The author describes and analyses the interpretation scientists volunteered given graphs that had been culled
Contributing to the social justice agenda of redefining what science is and what it means in the everyday lives of people, this book introduces science educators to various dimensions of viewing scien
Contributing to the social justice agenda of redefining what science is and what it means in the everyday lives of people, this book introduces science educators to various dimensions of viewing scien
Dialogical Argumentation and Reasoning in Elementary Science Classrooms explores how argumentation emerges and develops in and from classroom interactions by focusing on thinking and reasoning through
Science educators have come to recognize children's critical thinking and problem-solving skills as crucial ingredients of scientific literacy, say Kim and Roth, and so introduce argumentation earl
This book takes up the agenda of the late (but unknown) L. S. Vygotsky, who had turned to the philosopher Spinoza to develop a holistic approach to psychology, an approach that no longer dichotomized
This fourth edition of American Cultural Studies has been revised throughout to take into account the developments of the last four years, providing an introduction to the central themes in modern Ame
Researchers agree that schools construct a particular image of science, in which some characteristics are featured while others end up in oblivion. The result is that although most children are likely
Expanding constructivist ideas on science curricula presented in journal articles, Roth (U. of Victoria) and Barton (Teachers College, Columbia U.) probe the relationship of "school science" to broade
Taking a first-person perspective based both on their personal experience and that of colleagues, Roth (applied cognitive science, U. of Victoria) and Tobin (education, U. of Pennsylvania) explore co-
Science learning that takes place between and at the intersections of formal and informal science environments has not been systematically reviewed to offer a comprehensive understanding of the existi
"This book frames the major challenge facing educational researchers as one of going beyond the mindless qualitative-quantitative divide and addressing the overarching/fundamental challenge of enrichi
In this collection of 11 articles, contributors describe co-teaching and co-generative dialoguing as ways of learning to teach that bridge the gap between theory and practice. In the process, new teac
The combination of case studies and theoretical discussion of the results are presented in an unusual format of descriptive chapters alternating with sections of "metalogue", that is, an ongoing discu
Children’s learning and understanding of science during their pre-school years has been a neglected topic in the education literature—something this volume aims to redress. Paradigmatic notions of sci
This book provides an essential introduction to the state-of the-art in interdisciplinary Mathematics Education. First, it begins with an outline of the field’s relevant historical, conceptual and the
This book discusses a significant area of mathematics education research in the last two decades and presents the types of semiotic theories that are employed in mathematics education. Following on th
In this groundbreaking book, Tom Wolff spells out six proven principles for creating collaborative solutions for healthy communities. The Power of Collaborative Solutions addresses contemporary social
Written by a leading scholar in the field, this textbook provides a thorough introduction to the topic of income distribution and poverty, with additional emphasis on the issues of inequality and dis
