Education for knowing : theories of knowledge for effective student building /: theories of knowledge for effective student building. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul A. Wagner, Frank K. Fair.
• Authors: Wagner, Paul A, 1947-; Fair, Frank K, 1944-
• Contents: Dedication Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Conceptions of Knowledge I: Realism Versus Skepticism Chapter 2 Why Children and Their Parents are Natural Realists Chapter 3: Conceptions of Knowledge II: Contextualism and Pragmatism Chap. 4 Policy-makers and Administrators as Contextualists and Pragmatists Chapter 5 Conceptions of Knowledge III: Instrumentalism, Evidentialism, and Social Constructivism Chapter. 6 Educational Researchers as Instrumentalists, Evidentailists, or Social Constructivists Chapter 7 Bringing the Perspectives Together Chapter 8 Sketching a Path Forward Glossary: 20-25 definitions of key terms References About the Author Index
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 370.11; Education -- Aims and objectives; Knowledge, Theory of
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781475848151
• Related ISBNs: 9781475848137; 9781475848144
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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