tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post5421655922930088609..comments2024-03-26T04:19:38.862-07:00Comments on kitchen table math, the sequel: 2001 NCTM editorial on constructivismCatherine Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-35873647449902116442007-02-28T18:12:00.000-08:002007-02-28T18:12:00.000-08:00What I especially love about Stiff is the idea tha...What I especially love about Stiff is the idea that while constructivism exists, constructivist math does not.Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-17672742832032050722007-02-28T17:36:00.000-08:002007-02-28T17:36:00.000-08:00But Labaree in his book "The Problem with Ed Schoo...But Labaree in his book "The Problem with Ed Schools" then goes on to say that ed school theory never gets put into practice, and uses constructivism as a case in point, and even quotes Jay Mathews who says the same thing.<BR/><BR/>In other words, there ain't no true communism, no unicorns, and for that matter, Lee Stiff doesn't exist either.Barry Garelickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01281266848110087415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-10334093448050060632007-02-28T16:32:00.000-08:002007-02-28T16:32:00.000-08:00I know!Why don't we search the NCTM website!I know!<BR/><BR/>Why don't we search the <A HREF="http://search.nctm.org/?c_5635=c_5635&c_25423=c_25423&c_11478=c_11478&c_6334=c_6334&c_18467=c_18467&c_29852=c_29852&c_41=c_41&c_18395=c_18395&%23%40sysfiletype=%3Dany&%23%40sysdate=%3E%3D&t=0&s=&q=constructivist&Search.x=0&Search.y=0&Search=Search" REL="nofollow">NCTM website</A>!Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-79980431547460285032007-02-28T16:29:00.000-08:002007-02-28T16:29:00.000-08:00ok, let's ask David Labaree what he thinks about w...ok, let's ask David Labaree what he thinks about whether constructivism is a made-up word:<BR/><BR/><I>Today progressivism means pedagogical progressivism. It means basing instruction on the needs, interests and developmental stage of the child; it means teaching students the skills they need in order to learn any subject, instead of focusing on transmitting a particular subject; it means promoting discovery and self-directed learning by the student through active engagement; it means having students work on projects that express student purposes and that integrate the disciplines around socially relevant themes; and it means promoting values of community,<BR/>cooperation, tolerance, justice and democratic equality. In the shorthand of educational jargon, this adds up to ‘child-centered instruction’, ‘discovery learning’ and ‘learning how to learn’. <B>And in the current language of American education schools there is a single label that captures this entire approach to education: constructivism.</B><BR/><BR/>Progressivism, Schools and Schools of Education: An American Romance<BR/>David F. Labaree<BR/><BR/>Paedagogica Historica,<BR/>Vol. 41, Nos. 1&2, February 2005, pp. 275–288</I><BR/><BR/>hmm...<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.stanford.edu/~dlabaree/" REL="nofollow">David Labaree</A>, Professor and Associate Dean for Student Affairs School of Education, Stanford University, does not appear to believe that constructivism is a term made up by critics of reform math, now, does he.Catherine Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03347093496361370174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7691251033406320222.post-67162624916701874622007-02-28T16:25:00.000-08:002007-02-28T16:25:00.000-08:00"Constructivist math is a term coined by critics o..."Constructivist math is a term coined by critics of Standards-based mathematics who promote confusion about the relationships among content, pedagogy, and how students learn mathematics."<BR/><BR/>This type of denial is pathological. Does he also deny the existence of TERC, Trailblazers, CMP, CorePlus, IMP, etc?<BR/><BR/>Have you seen the latest JM findings in the WaPo?<BR/><BR/>Bracy and others tell JM everything is just great with schools.<BR/><BR/>I know from my experience in a large urban school system that that ain't so, at least not here.Instructivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01652458042291988959noreply@blogger.com