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Learning through children's eyes : social constructivism and the desire to learn / Penny Oldfather and Jane West with Jennifer White and Jill Wilmarth.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oldfather, Penny, author.
- Series:
- Psychology in the classroom
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Learning, Psychology of.
- Motivation in education.
- Cognition in children.
- Social interaction in children.
- Constructivism (Education).
- Learning.
- Motivation.
- Cognition.
- Child.
- Interpersonal Relations.
- Medical Subjects:
- Learning.
- Motivation.
- Cognition.
- Child.
- Interpersonal Relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- APA PsycBOOKS.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [1999]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- This book illustrates the ways that teachers, by seeing learning through children's eyes, create new possibilities for their students' intrinsic motivation and meaningful learning. Motivation and learning are linked in a view of knowledge that is called social constructivism, the theory that undergirds the ideas in this book. /// Social constructivist theorists acknowledge multiple constructions of the world. In social constructivist theory, each human being makes sense of the world in a unique way. For teachers to facilitate students' learning, therefore, it is essential that they seek to understand students' unique constructions and to see learning through their students' eyes. Social constructivism has major implications for the ways we understand learning, the ways we as teachers think about our roles, and the ways we teach. /// Our main purpose in this book is to propose a vision of the ways that learning experiences are transformed when teachers are learning through children's eyes. Seeing learning through children's eyes brings about important changes in classroom culture, including ways that curriculum is negotiated and enacted, changing the content of the curriculum, and changing relationships among all members of the classroom community. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 1999. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. s1999 dcunns.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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