Constructivism and teachers in Chinese culture enriching Confucianism with constructivism /

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 instructio...

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Main Author: Wei, Zitong,
Other Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Singapore : Springer, [2019]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (IX, 194 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.