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Lee Bontecou: A Retrospective
Yale University Press, 2008
Bontecou leads the way.
Lee Bontecou is a force. Her sculptural prowess is nearly unmatched. this work has some of the best critical essays I have ever read, and the bountiful photographs are most excellent.
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In Search of Understanding: The Case for Constructivist Classrooms (ASCD)
Jacqueline Brooks, Martin Brooks
Prentice Hall, 2001
Short and Sweet and to the Point
I first read the 1993 edition in 1993, and I was sold on it. There is no more clear nor concise book on constructivist instructional design in the business. The book is practical and can be read quickly. It doesn't get bogged down in too much jargon or theory. I ...
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Building Teachers: A Constructivist Approach to Introducing Education
David Jerner Martin, Kimberly S. Loomis
Wadsworth Publishing, 2006
Designed from the ground up with a constructivist framework, BUILDING TEACHERS helps future teachers create their own understanding of education. As Martin and Loomis address the key topics generally covered in an introductory text, they encourage students to develop their own understandings through connecting their prior knowledge, experiences, ...
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Social Studies for the Elementary and Middle Grades: A Constructivist Approach (3rd Edition)
Cynthia Szymanski Sunal, Mary Elizabeth Haas
Allyn & Bacon, 2007
Social Studies!
Great textbook guys! I like this one because it gives the reader exciting ways to teach Social Studies. The book shows the reader how to make Social Studies interesting and not cause students to become bored with the subject. This book will also help me in my future ...
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The Young Child as Scientist: A Constructivist Approach to Early Childhood Science Education (3rd Edition)
Christine Chaille, Lory Britain
Allyn & Bacon, 2002
A Science Teachers Dream!
This book is perfect for an elementary school teacher or science teacher. The book talks about the underlying processes that enable each child to learn in their own unique way. Teachers can take the information presented in this book and prepare science lessons that ...
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Elementary Science Methods: A Constructivist Approach (Textbook, only)
David Jerner Martin
Wadsworth Publishing, 2008
Great Elementary Education Resource
This is a wonderful resource for Elementary Education Majors. Easy read!
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Fear of Knowledge: Against Relativism and Constructivism
Paul Boghossian
Oxford University Press, USA, 2007
Politely Decisive
This is a polite book on a very controversial subject--the current prominence of relativist and constructivist thought in certain areas of the humanities and soft social sciences. Boghossian is respectful and fair in framing the arguments for this posture. He then ...
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Piaget's Theory of Cognitive and Affective Development: Foundations of Constructivism (Allyn & Bacon Classics ...
Barry J. Wadsworth
Allyn & Bacon, 2003
This best-selling introduction to Jean Piaget's theory shows readers how children construct and acquire knowledge related to current constructivist approaches. This text is well-regarded as a work that preserves the historically important research done by Jean Piaget. The Classics Edition retains all of the content of the previous edition and ...
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Curriculum Planning: Integrating Multiculturalism, Constructivism and Education Reform Third Edition
Kenneth T. Henson
Waveland Pr Inc, 2005
Curriculum Textbook Review
This book was purchased for graduate level class. I found it very easy to read and extremely current in its theories and ideas. I was very impressed with the case studies and practical tips for implementing the curriculum changes on a campus.
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Narrative Therapy: The Social Construction of Preferred Realities
Jill Freedman, Gene Combs
W. W. Norton & Company, 1996
Author Review - EXCELLENT!
Narrative Therapy by Jill Freedman & Gene Combs is perhaps one of the best theraputic books I have read. As an author and human services worker, I am always looking for titles that will help me assist client's with their needs. That said, this book is a must read for ...
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Learning Partnerships: Theory and Models of Practice to Educate for Self-Authorship
Stylus Publishing, 2004
While a common goal of higher education is to improve student learning to prepare young adults for the professional, civic and personal challenges of their lives, few institutions have a model to facilitate these outcomes. Learning Partnerships offers a grounded theory and practical examples of how these objectives can be achieved at the college ...
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Better Learning Through Structured Teaching: A Framework for the Gradual Release of Responsibility
Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey
ASCD, 2008
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Realism, Rationalism, Surrealism: Art Between the Wars (Modern Art Practices and Debates)
David Batchelor, Paul Wood, ...
Yale University Press, 1993
The book begins by considering responses by French artists to the World War I, showing how Purism, Dada, and early Surrealism are related to the ethos of post-war reconstruction. The authors then discuss the language of construction in places as dissimilar as France, Germany and the Soviet Union; the contrasting demands of the utility and ...
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Learning in the Museum (Museum Meanings)
George E. Hein
Routledge, 1998
An essential guide to the nature of museum learning.
This book provides an excellent summary of current museum learning theory. Concise and engaging, it includes a compendium of virtually all of the relevant research and concepts in the hot topic of audience-centered and informal museum learning. This is pursuasively ...
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Critical Constructivism Primer (Lang Primers)
Joe L. Kincheloe
Peter Lang Publishing, 2005
The Critical Constructivism Primer introduces education students to the study of knowledge; how it is inscribed by particular values and produced in problematic ways; whose interests it serves; and how it shapes the identities of those who consume it. Critical constructivism is an epistemological position that examines the process by which ...
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