Building Teachers: A Constructivist Approach to Introducing Education - Softcover

Martin, David Jerner, Ph.D.; Loomis, Kimberly S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534608493 ISBN 13: 9780534608491

Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co, 2006

Synopsis

BUILDING TEACHERS uses a constructivist framework to help future teachers create their own understanding of education. Martin and Loomis encourage students to develop their own understandings through connecting their prior knowledge, experiences, and biases with new experiences to which they will be exposed during the course. By interacting with the materials presented, rather than merely memorizing the text's content, readers learn what teaching is all about in an exploratory, inquiring, constructivist-based manner and, in turn, they can help the children in their classrooms learn meaningfully.

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Review

"I found the book to be current and 'told it like it was.'"

Synopsis

Martin and Loomis (both Kennesaw State U.) provide an introductory textbook for prospective teachers, taking a constructivist approach that helps readers create their own knowledge on the topic. Based on Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium Standards, they discuss characteristics of good teachers and teaching; teaching philosoph

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534608493
• ISBN 13: 9780534608491
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 465