Radical Constructivism

ISBN-13: 9780750705721 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 210 str.

Ernst Von Glasersfeld; Leslie P. P. Steffe; Patrick W. W. Thompson

Opis

Radical constructivism is a theory of knowing that provides a pragmatic approach to questions about reality, truth, language and human understanding. It introduces a change to many basic ideas, and consequently has a profound influence on the general attitude towards the world we experience. By generating awareness of the thinker's active role in building up concepts, the new orientation liberates the individual from spurious tethers and shows that it is ultimately ourselves who are responsible for what we think and do. To educators, the book suggests that the most important task is not to convey ready-made knowledge but to teach the art of constructing it.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Growing up Constructivist; Chapter 2 Unpopular Philosophical Ideas; Chapter 3 Piaget’s Constructivist Theory of Knowing; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6 Constructing Agents; Chapter 7 On Language, Meaning, and Communication; Chapter 8 The Cybernetic Connection; Chapter 9; Chapter 10 To Encourage Students’ Conceptual Constructing;

O autorze

Ernst von Glasersfeld is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Georgia, Research Associate at the Scientific Reasoning Research Institute and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is a Member of the Board of Trustees, American Society for Cybernetics, from whom he received the McCulloch Memorial Award in 1991; a Member of the Scientific Board, lnstituto Piaget, Lisbon; and Editorial Consultant to a number of international journals.