While non-directive theories sound appealing and appeal to any freedom-loving mind, observations and evidence accumulated over 50 years show that non-directive methods of teaching and learning do not ...

Guest post by John Thompson. The cover story in the American Educator “Putting Students on the Path to Learning,” by Richard Clark, Paul Kirschner, and John Swelter should prompt a dialogue between ...

In this pioneering text, a constructivist approach guides users in learning how to teach in a constructivist manner. The book is based on the belief that it s more important for children to learn how ...

FINALLY someone has stood up to the institutional urge at Seattle Public Schools to adopt constructivist or reform math: Judge Julie Spector of King County Superior Court ruled Thursday that the ...

Studies in Art Education, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Autumn, 2000), pp. 67-82 (16 pages) This paper describes a case study in which 19 third grade children examined a series of images of Ndop statues and visual ...