http://pqme.org/uncategorized/the-con-in-constructivism/ Parents seeking math curriculum changes in the State College (PA) Area School District Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:47:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://pqme.org/uncategorized/the-con-in-constructivism/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Bruce Deitrick Price Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:30:32 +0000 http://pqme.org/?p=526#comment-367 I'm very honored to find my work mentioned on this excellent site. Anyone who checks out "34: The Con In Constructivism" should also note companion piece called "36: The Assault on Math." I’m very honored to find my work mentioned on this excellent site. Anyone who checks out “34: The Con In Constructivism” should also note companion piece called “36: The Assault on Math.”

]]> http://pqme.org/uncategorized/the-con-in-constructivism/comment-page-1/#comment-358 Anastasia Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:15:56 +0000 http://pqme.org/?p=526#comment-358 In this essay: "Here’s a disturbing question; are these educators just permissive and indulgent in a Rousseauvian way? Or is their goal more sinister--dumbing down whenever possible? And is constructivism just another gimmick for making sure that each generation of students is more ignorant than the one before?" More and more I am getting to "know" "investigation" in our school, more and more I am asking myself same questions. In this essay:
“Here’s a disturbing question; are these educators just permissive and indulgent in a Rousseauvian way? Or is their goal more sinister–dumbing down whenever possible? And is constructivism just another gimmick for making sure that each generation of students is more ignorant than the one before?”
More and more I am getting to “know” “investigation” in our school, more and more I am asking myself same questions.

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