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Title:
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A CASE STUDY OF CONSTRUCTIVIST LEARNING IN A TEACHER EDUCATION CLASS |
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Author(s):
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Madalina Tanase |
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ISBN:
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972-8924-22-4 |
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Editors:
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Kinshuk, Demetrios G Sampson, J. Michael Spector and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2006 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Constructivism, higher education, teaching, and learning, technology |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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67 |
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Last Page:
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72 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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On the occasion of conducting a shadowing internship as part of her teacher education program in a south-western US university, the researcher had a chance to follow a veteran teacher educator as he was teaching a methods education class to Master-level students. Throughout the course of a semester, the researcher conducted classroom observations, as well as both formal and informal interviews with the class instructor in an attempt to understand the practices that take place in a constructivist learning environment. The researcher and teacher educator discussed the design and implementation of the lessons by the instructor, as well as his choice of teaching strategies and if/how they aligned with a constructivist approach. Findings reveal the types of constructivist learning paradigms taking place in a teacher classroom and they offer an interpretation of what constructivism is in this particular case study. |
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