\u003cp\u003eThis enduring bestseller remains the most comprehensive examination of constructivism and its relationship to teaching and learning. Closing the gap between theory and practice, well-known scholars make constructivism accessible by showing its application in everyday classrooms. Building on the success of the first edition, the authors have completely updated this popular text and expanded its scope to include examples of constructivist teaching across all grade levels and disciplines.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn ambitious revision of a now classic text, \u003cem\u003eConstructivism: Theory, Perspectives, and Practice, Second Edition \u003c/em\u003eis an invaluable resource for practicing teachers, teacher educators, and curriculum specialists in mathematics, science, social studies, and language arts.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew for the Second Edition!\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eAn updated theory section that adds further contemporary biological evidence to go beyond the theories of Piaget and Vygotskyâoffering a more contemporary framework for a psychological theory of learning.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eNew chapters reflecting the school-based reforms that have been initiated since the writing of the first editionâspecifically addressing the changes in mathematics, social studies, and teacher education.\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eA new chapter on the emerging field of disability studiesâincluding a critique that unmasks current practices and assumptions that better serve schools rather than students and their families.\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors: \u003cstrong\u003ePaul Cobb \u0026#8226; Susan Cowey \u0026#8226; Rheta DeVries \u0026#8226; Eleanor Duckworth \u0026#8226; Dewey I. Dykstra, Jr. \u0026#8226; George Forman \u0026#8226; Catherine Twomey Fosnot \u0026#8226; Catherine A. Franklin \u0026#8226; June S. Gould \u0026#8226; Maxine Greene \u0026#8226; Candace Julyan \u0026#8226; Randall Stewart Perry \u0026#8226; D. Kim Reid \u0026#8226; Deborah Schifter \u0026#8226; Jan Weatherly Valle \u0026#8226; Ernst von Glasersfeld \u0026#8226; Betty Zan.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for the First Edition!\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Provides the reader with many ways of connecting to the central ideas of constructivism . . . highly readable.\u0026rdquo;\u003cbr /\u003eâ\u003cstrong\u003eGifted Child Quarterly\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Shows how constructivist theory can inform classroom practices, and . . . provides teachers with a deeper understanding that gives substance to the rhetoric of school reform.\u0026rdquo;\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr\u003eâ\u003cstrong\u003eJournal of Curriculum Studies\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e
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