The Comprehensive Handbook of Constructivist Teaching

While many people talk about the Constructivist philosophy there hasnot been a publication that provides a detailed description of what aConstructivist classroom sounds like and looks like. This book fills thatvoid by examining the philosophy translating it into teachingstrategies and providing over forty examples. These examples comefrom the elementary level up to and including the collegiate level andinclude all content areas. These examples show how the Constructivist educator uses thelinguistic mode the visual mode and the kinesthetic mode to create a class environment inwhich the Constructivist philosophy flourishes. Examples of student work are provided; thebook also includes chapters on note-taking Problem-Based Learning (PBL) action research andother Constructivist resources.Written in user-friendly form this book presents a concrete andstep by step approach for translating the Constructivist philosophyinto classroom practice. This book is intended for everyConstructivist researcher practitioner and teacher-educator. Theresearcher and teacher-educator will benefit from topics such asthe history of Constructivist thought the principles ofConstructivism and action research. This book is more than a listof recipes and this will be beneficial to the practitioner. Startingwith the principles of Constructivism and bridging to four basicteaching strategies the practitioner is guided on how to usedifferent learning modes and meta-strategies to create a trueConstructivist practice.An educator's life is made up of one's philosophy teachingprinciples daily strategies resources and research tools. This book provides an in-depth lookfrom the Constructivist perspective at each one of these components. In every sense of the wordthis book is truly comprehensive.