Constructivism and Teachers in Chinese Culture

Enriching Confucianism with Constructivism

Zitong Wei (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

194 Seiten

2019 | 1st ed. 2019
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-13-2690-5 (ISBN)

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This book provides a refreshing look at kindergarten teachers’ practical knowledge and their context-specific reasoning of the usefulness of constructivism from a culturally emic perspective. Examining the similarities and differences between constructivism and Confucianism from both instructional and moral perspectives, it provides a unique contribution to teaching and teacher education. An understanding of the compatibility between constructivism and Confucianism is valuable in cross-cultural exchange and learning, and as such the book is a great source for educational researchers in a time of globalization.

Zitong Wei received her Ph.D in Curriculum Studies from Indiana University Bloomington and is now an instructor at China Women’s University. She is currently teaching a foundational course on pedagogy and a research course on early childhood education. She also serves as a mentor and a coordinator for psychological counseling services and activities. Her research interests include early childhood teacher education, phenomenological and hermeneutic research, and educational policy. She is currently working on several manuscripts on feminist curriculum and educational hermeneutic research.

Acknowledgements.- Preface.- Chapter 1 Contemporary Constructivism and Its Usefulness in a Confucian Context.- Chapter 2 Constructivism in Confucian Culture.- Chapter 3 Constructivist Teaching in China Today.- Chapter 4 A Hermeneutic Analysis of Chinese Teachers.- Chapter 5 Flexibility and Balancing: Against the “Apprenticeship of Observation”.- Chapter 6 Synchronicity and Symbolizing: Reflective Teaching and Learning.- Chapter 7 Accompaning and Composing: Moral Accommodations.- Chapter 8 A Relational Paradigm of Cross-Cultural Learning.- Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	25.01.2019
Zusatzinfo	25 Illustrations, black and white; IX, 194 p. 25 illus.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik
ISBN-10	981-13-2690-8 / 9811326908
ISBN-13	978-981-13-2690-5 / 9789811326905
Zustand	Neuware