"cutting nature's leading strings": a cautionary tale about constructivism

authors

  • david w. jardine university of calgary, canada

abstract

this paper explores some of the historical and political ancestries of constructivism. in it, i suggest that there are dark and potentially ecologically disastrous themes hidden in the happy use of constructivism in contemporary education.

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published

2005-01-01

issue

vol 10, no 1 - 2005

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articles

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