Description
Book SynopsisPreparing Change Agents for the Classroom: From Paradigm to Practice is for teacher educators who want to address the need for classroom teachers who know how students learn and how to teach to support this learning. The social constructivist paradigm can be instrumental in engaging children as well as teacher candidates in the critical-thinking, inquiry-based, knowledge construction that is learning. The practical applications of constructivist teaching and true-life “Turning Points” included in this book can be used to provide the knowledge, skills, and dispositions that candidates need to cultivate their own learning in the college/university classroom, and in turn, foster the learning of their future students.
Trade ReviewVery clear with excellent descriptions and ideas that methods faculty could adopt.” -- Dr. Pamela J. Farris, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus, Northern Illinois University and coauthor of Language Arts: Process, Product, and Assessment for Diverse Classrooms, 6th edition (2019, Waveland Press)
“You have all done very well in the layout of the learning aspects of constructivism.” -- Carol McCullough, Ed.S., Educational Consultant
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Preparing Change Agents for the Classroom using the Constructivist Paradigm Jill E. Cole Turning Point From Preservice to Inservice Kristin Thompson Chapter 2 Beyond the Algorithm: Changing Teacher Candidates’ Learning Experiences with Math B. Patricia Patterson Turning Point The Spelling Test Paula Daniels Chapter 3 Writing Workshop for Teacher Candidates Jill E. Cole Turning Point Lost and Found Jamie Whitman-Smithe Chapter 4 Crafting Inquiry in the Preservice Classroom: Tensions and Possibilities Leah T. Lembo Turning Point Change of Plans Patti L. Sandy Chapter 5 Changing Teacher Candidates’ Perceptions of Science and Science Teaching through Guided Nature Journaling B. Patricia Patterson Turning Point Leaf Collecting Ivey Mask Chapter 6 Story in the Classroom Jamie Whitman-Smithe Turning Point Teaching Molly Megan Stoffa Chapter 7 Helping Teacher Candidates Develop the Skills of Reflective Practitioners Marcia Lawton Closing About the Contributors
