Rethinking Science Education: A Defense of Piagetian Constructivism.

Fosnot, Catherine Twomey

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Publication Date: 1993

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Rethinking Science Education: A Defense of Piagetian Constructivism.

Fosnot, Catherine Twomey

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v30 n9 p1189-1201 Nov 1993

In this defense of Piagetian constructivism, sociocultural constructivism is critiqued as nihilistic, culturally relative, and dangerous when placed in the context of real science classrooms. (PR)

Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education, Learning Theories, Piagetian Theory, Science Education

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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