Course Purpose
What is the nature of knowledge?
How do we come to know?
How is knowledge valued and accepted?
Why are your voice, actions, and experiences essential?
| Course Information | Instructor Information |
|---|---|
| EDEP 6224: Constructivism & Education | Peter Doolittle |
| 1750 Kraft Drive (Rm 2080) | 1750 Kraft Drive (Rm 2039) |
| Thursdays, 7:00 pm - 9:50 pm | pdoo@vt.edu |
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Students will be able to understand the concepts of reality (ontology), knowledge (epistemology), and value (axiology) as related to the realm of education, broadly.
Outcome 1: Students will be able to explain the essential concepts and terms associated with reality, knowledge, and value as they related to education.
Outcome 2: Students will be able to apply the essential concepts and terms associated with reality, knowledge, and value to educational issues.
Outcome 3: Students will be able to demonstrate a questioning perspective on the nature, function, and investigation of knowledge within education and society.
Students will be able to understand the concepts of ontology, epistemology, and axiology as related to the realm of education.
Outcome 4: Students will be able to differentiate the core similarities and differences within and across various types of constructivism (e.g., cognitive constructivism, social constructivism, social constructionism, symbolic interactionism, radical constructivism).
Outcome 5: Students will be able to apply the core similarities and differences within and across various types of constructivism to educational issues (e.g., learning, assessment, equity, curricula, technology).
Students will understand the relationship between constructivist tenets and educational methods in the development of constructivist pedagogy.
Outcome 6: Students will be able to create instructional strategies based on the application of constructivist tenets.
The course, in pursuit of its three primary questions, is structured in multiple sections. There are typically two articles or one book to read each week. Readings vary from short articles to longer chapters to whole books, and cover both seminal readings and modern theorizing and applications.
