Constructivist Education in an Age of Accountability

352 Pages·2018·3.192 MB·English

by  David W. Kritt (eds.)

EDITED BY
DAVID W. KRITT
CCOONNSSTTRRUUCCTTIIVVIISSTT
EDUCATION
IN AN AGE OF
ACCOUNTABILITY
Constructivist Education in an Age of Accountability
David W. Kritt
Editor
Constructivist
Education in an Age
of Accountability
Editor
DavidW.Kritt
CollegeofStatenIsland
CityUniversityofNewYork
StatenIsland,NewYork
USA
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ONTENTS
PartI Introduction 1
1 TeachingAsifChildrenMatter 3
DavidW.Kritt
2 ThePlaceforDewey’sConstructivismofIntelligentAction
intheAmericanMeritocracyofThorndike 21
BrianD.Cox
3 TheConfucianConceptofLearning 57
LiqingTao
PartII EngagedLearningforUnderstanding 71
4 PedagogicDoublethink:ScientificEnquiryandthe
ConstructionofPersonalKnowledgeUndertheEnglish
NationalCurriculumforScience 73
KeithS.Taber
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vi CONTENTS
5 ThePracticeTurninLearningTheoryandScience
Education 97
ElliceA.Forman
6 HowConstructivismCanBoostSuccessinSTEMFields
forWomenandStudentsofColor 113
OscarE.Fernandez
7 ReconceptualizingAccountability:TheEthicalImportance
ofExpandingUnderstandingsofLiteracyandAssessment
forTwenty-First-CenturyLearners 127
KathrynHibbertandLuigiIannacci
8 WhereDAPIsDue:ConstructingCommunityAcross
DifferencewiththeDialogueArtsProject 143
AdamFalkner
9 AConstructivistPerspectiveonGamesinEducation 163
LindaG.Polin
10 SocialStudies,CommonCore,andtheThreatto
ConstructivistEducation 189
AlanSinger,EustaceThompson,andCatherineDiMartino
11 TowardaResolutionforTeacher-StudentConflict:Crafting
SpacesofRigorousFreedomwithClassroomDebate 211
DmitriSeals
12 ActivitySettingsasContextsforMotivation:Reframing
ClassroomMotivationasDilemmasWithinandBetween
Activities 231
MichaelMiddleton,AlisonRheingold,andJaysonSeaman
CONTENTS vii
13 ExpeditionaryLearning,Constructivism,andtheEmotional
RisksofOpen-EndedInquiry 267
AmyL.HeathandPeterSmagorinsky
PartIII ImplicationsfortheFutureofPublicEducation 283
14 Learning,Teaching,andSocialJustice:Eleanor
Duckworth’sPerspective 285
YehHsueh
15 HowDocumentationofPracticeContributesto
ConstructionandReconstructionofanUnderstandingof
LearningandTeaching 301
LindaR.Kroll
16 ReimaginingResearchandPracticeinEducation 317
StantonWortham
17 SchoolLearningasComplianceorCreation 327
DavidW.Kritt
Index 347
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IST OF ONTRIBUTORS
Brian D. Cox is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology,
HofstraUniversity,Hempstead,NY,USA.
Catherine DiMartino is Associate Professor, Department of Administra-
tiveandInstructionalLeadership,St.John’sUniversity,Queens,NY,USA.
Adam Falkner is a Ph.D. Candidate in English and Education, Teachers
College,ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,NY,USA.Heisthefounderand
ExecutiveDirectoroftheDialogueArtsProject.
Oscar E. Fernandez is Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics,
WellesleyCollege,Wellesley,MA,USA.
Ellice A. Forman is Professor, Department of Instruction and Learning,
UniversityofPittsburgh,PA,USA.
Amy Heath is Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Language and
LiteracyEducation,TheUniversityofGeorgia,Athens,GA,USA.
KathrynHibbert isAssociateProfessorofEducationandDirectorofthe
Interdisciplinary Centre for Research in Curriculum as Social Practice,
UniversityofWesternOntario,London,Ontario,Canada.
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x LISTOFCONTRIBUTORS
Yeh Hsueh is Associate Professor in Educational Psychology and
Research,UniversityofMemphis,TN,USA.
LuigiIannacci isAssociateProfessor,SchoolofEducation,TrentUniver-
sity,Peterborough,Ontario,Canada.
DavidW.Kritt isAssociateProfessorofLearningandDevelopmentinthe
School of Education at the College of Staten Island/City University of
NewYork,USA.
Linda R. Kroll is the Holland Professor of Early Childhood Education
andAssociateDeanoftheSchoolofEducationatMillsCollegeinOakland,
California,USA.
Michael Middleton is Dean of the School of Education at Hunter Col-
lege/CityUniversityofNewYork,USA.
Linda Polin is Davidson Professor of Education & Technology in the
Graduate School of Education and Psychology at Pepperdine University,
W.LosAngeles,CA,USA.
Alison Rheingold is an Instructional Strategist for high schools in
Holyoke,Massachusetts,PublicSchools,USA.
DmitriSeals isaPh.D.CandidateinEducation,UniversityofCalifornia,
Berkeley, USA. He was Director of the Bay Area Urban Debate League
program in Oakland and subsequently launched the Silicon Valley Urban
DebateLeagueinSanJose.
Jayson Seaman is Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology
(Outdoor Education), University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH,
USA.HeisEditorinChiefoftheJournalofExperientialEducation.
AlanSinger isProfessor,DepartmentofTeaching,Learning,&Technol-
ogy, Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY, USA. He frequently blogs at
theHuffingtonPost.
LISTOFCONTRIBUTORS xi
Peter Smagorinsky is Distinguished Research Professor, Department of
Language and Literacy Education, The University of Georgia, Athens,
GA,USA.
Keith S. Taber is Professor of Science Education, University of
Cambridge,England,UK.
Liqing Tao is Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum &
Instruction,CollegeofStatenIsland/CityUniversityofNewYork,USA.
Eustace Thompson is Professor and Chair of the Department of Teach-
ing, Learning, and Technology at Hofstra University, Hempstead,
NY,USA.
Stanton F. Wortham is Dean of Education at Boston College, Boston,
MA,USA.