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Constructivist Pedagogy

Richardson, Virginia·2003·Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education
DOI 10.1046/j.1467-9620.2003.00303.x
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This article constitutes a critique from the inside of constructivist pedagogy. It begins with a short history of constructivist pedagogy and its relationship to constructivist learning theory. It then addresses four issues in the ways in which constructivist pedagogy are being approached in research and practice. The first issue recommends more of a research focus on student learning in classrooms that engage in constructivist pedagogy. The second leads to the suggestion of theory development that provides an understanding and descriptions of more and less effective constructivist teaching. The third centers on the necessarily deep subject matter knowledge required of teachers who adopt constructivist pedagogy; and the difficulty this requirement imposes on elementary teachers who must deal with many subject matter areas. And the fourth issue raises the possibility that the vision of constructivist pedagogy, as presently recommended, if not mandated, locally and nationally, is strongly ideological and may impose, inappropriately, a dominant view of pedagogy on those who wish to operate differently.

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Authors
Richardson, V.
Venue
Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2003-12
Volume
105
Issue
9
Pages
1623-1640
ISSN
  • 0040-0475 (ISSN-L)
  • 0161-4681
  • 1467-9620
DOI
10.1046/j.1467-9620.2003.00303.x
OpenAlex
W4240655342
Cited by
536
References
1
FWCI
38.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)

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