Windschitl, Mark (2002) Framing Constructivism in practice as the negotiation of dilemmas: An analysis of the conceptiual, pedagogical, cultural and political challenges facing teachers. Review of Education Research, 72 (2), 131-175.
Constructivism as a basis for teaching is central to the dilemmas that Windschitl outlines in this rich and meaty paper. The four dilemmas are conceptual, [...]
Archive for May, 2007
Framing Constructivism via Negotiation of Dilemmas
Posted in Literature on May 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Gee, J. (2003) Learning and identity: What does it mean to be a half-elf?
Posted in Literature on May 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Gee, J. (2003) Learning and identity: What does it mean to be a half-elf? What video games have to teach us about language and literacy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
So sorry! I thought I posted this with the first one!
Problem: Creative learning in semiotic domains requires identity work, that is, people are required to try [...]
our summer schedule
Posted in organizing us on May 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
trialectics of spatiality – wow
Posted in Literature on May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Soja, E. W. (1996). The trialectics of spatiality. In E. W. Soja, Thirdspace: Journeys to Los Angeles and other real-and-imagined places. Chapter 2. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell.
Primarily based on “Production of Space”, the work of Henry Lefebvre, Soja, in this chapter, tries to discover the meaning and the critical scope of the Thirdspace. Central to [...]
third space
Posted in Literature on May 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Webster, J. P., Wiles, P., Civil, M. & Clark, Stacy. (2005). Finding a good fit: Using MCC in a “third space”. Journal of American Indian Education, 44(3), pp. 9-30.
This paper is a case study of the classroom and non-classroom practices of a novice teacher in a school in rural Alaska. Ms Clark, the teacher, also [...]
court and classroom
Posted in Literature, methods, ways to look at the data on May 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Nasir, N. & Hand, V. (2004). From the court to the classroom: Managing the identiteis as learners in basketball and classroom mathematics. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.
I’m going to start by sharing an overview of the edited version of this paper -
From the court [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I created the category, literature, I thought it might be helpful to have one place for our thoughts about the readings…
Enyedy, N., Goldberg, J., Welsh, K. M. (2006). Complex dilemmas of identity and Practice. Science Education, 90(1), 68-93.
Posted in Literature on May 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Problem: Identical curriculum programs with equal training programs still produce unequal
teaching practices among comparable teachers.
Research Questions: What accounts for the observed differences in these two teachers’
practice? Can we predict these differences in student learning based on the teachers’
beliefs, knowledge, and goals? Are these factors beyond individual characteristics, such
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and here we go…
Posted in Uncategorized on May 25, 2007 | 1 Comment »
we’re off to a running start…
we can use this space to share common resources and ideas, solicit feedback and support, and log our ongoing work. the messiness of the process combined with the rigor we all care about and the passion we have for the work we are doing collectively promises to make this adventure [...]
