Connections Between Pedagogical and Epistemological Constructivism: Questions for Teaching and Research in Chemistry

Foundations of Chemistry - Tập 8 - Trang 111-151 - 2006
Donald J. Wink1
1Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA

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The rich and ongoing debate about constructivism in chemistry education includes questions about the relationship, for better or worse, between applications of the theory in pedagogy and in epistemology. This paper presents an examination of the potential to use connections of epistemological and pedagogical constructivism to one another. It examines connections linked to the content, processes, and premises of science with a goal of prompting further research in these areas.

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