RADICAL CONSTRUCTIVISM
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RADICAL CONSTRUCTIVISM

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RADICAL CONSTRUCTIVISM

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First Published in 1995. In the past decade or two, the most important theoretical perspective to emerge in mathematics education has been that of constructivism. This burst onto the international scene at the controversial Eleventh International Conference on the Psychology of Mathematics Education in Montreal in the summer of 1987. No one there will forget von Glasersfeld's authoritative plenary presentation on radical con­structivism, and his replies to critics. Ironically, the conference, at which attacks on radical constructivism were perhaps intended to expose fatally its weaknesses, served as a platform from which the theory was launched to widespread international acceptance and approbation. Radical constructivism is a theory of knowing that provides a pragmatic approach to questions about reality, truth, language and human understanding. It breaks with the philosophical tradition and proposes a conception of knowledge that focuses on experiential fit rather than metaphysical truth. It claims to be a useful approach, not the revelation of a timeless world. The ten chapters of this book present different facets in an elegantly written and thoroughly argued account of this epistemological position, providing a profound analysis of its central concepts.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
ISBN
9781135716042
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Education General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface by Series Editor
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. List of Figures
  10. Chapter 1 Growing up Constructivist: Languages and Thoughtful People
  11. Chapter 2 Unpopular Philosophical Ideas: A History in Quotations
  12. Chapter 3 Piaget’s Constructivist Theory of Knowing
  13. Chapter 4 The Construction of Concepts
  14. Chapter 5 Reflection and Abstraction
  15. Chapter 6 Constructing Agents: The Self and Others
  16. Chapter 7 On Language, Meaning, and Communication
  17. Chapter 8 The Cybernetic Connection
  18. Chapter 9 Units, Plurality and Number
  19. Chapter 10 To Encourage Students’ Conceptual Constructing
  20. References
  21. Index of Names
  22. Subject Index