Hi Jill,

This is also my area of interest. Can you elaborate more on what you are looking for?

Kathy

Hi Kathy! I am researching how early childhood teachers are still teaching using a constructivist philosophy in this era of accountability and high stakes testing.

Hmm, luckily for us, there is less high-stakes testing in Australia in the early childhood field (I'm talking 0 to 5 in my PhD, the years before elementary school).

I personally identify more with Vygotsky's theories but looking through my EndNote file I have 12 articles that discuss Contructivism that may be of use for you.

Hope that helps,

Cheers

Kathy

Ackermann, E. (2001). Piaget’s constructivism, Papert’s constructionism: What’s the difference? Future of learning group publication, 5(3), 438.

Cobb, P. (1994). Constructivism in mathematics and science education. Educational Researcher, 23(7), 4. doi: 10.3102/0013189x023007004

Cobb, P. (2011). Implications of Ernst von Glasersfeld's constructivism for supporting the improvement of teaching on a large scale. Constructivist Foundations, 6(2), 157-161.

Cobb, P., Wood, T., & Yackel, E. (2002). A constructivist approach to second grade mathematics. Radical constructivism in mathematics education, 157-176. doi: 10.1007/0-306-47201-5_8

Confrey, J., & Kazak, S. (2006). A thirty-year reflection on constructivism in mathematics education in PME. In A. Gutiérrez & P. Boero (Eds.), Handbook of research on the psychology of mathematics education: Past, present and future (pp. 305-345). Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

Edwards, S. (2005). Constructivism does not only happen in the individual: Sociocultural theory and early childhood education. Early Child Development and Care, 175(1), 37-47. doi: 10.1080/0300443042000230311

Ernest, P. (1990). Social constructivism as a philosophy of mathematics: Radical constructivism rehabilitated. Retrieved 28/12/11, from http://people.exeter.ac.uk/PErnest/soccon.htm

Jones, I., Lake, V., & Dagli, U. (2005). Integration of science and mathematics methods and preservice teachers’ understanding of constructivism. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 25(2), 165-172. doi: 10.1080/1090102050250209

Lash, M. (2008). Classroom community and peer culture in kindergarten. Early Childhood Education Journal, 36(1), 33-38. doi: 10.1007/s10643-008-0247-2

Le Moigne, J.-L. (2011). From Jean Piaget to Ernst von Glasersfeld: An epistemological itinerary in review. Constructivist Foundations, 6(2), 152-156.

Müller, K. H. (2011). The two epistemologies of Ernst von Glasersfeld. Constructivist Foundations, 6(2), 220-226.

Von Glasersfeld, E. (1984). An introduction to radical constructivism. In P. Watzlawick (Ed.), The Invented Reality (pp. 17-40). New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company.

Thank you so much for this! I apologize for the delay in my response. I have been so busy with general exams but they are done and I defend in 2 weeks. :)

Congrats, I can't wait to submit. Good luck.

Hello,

I think this might help

Oliver Thiel (2010) Teachers’ attitudes towards mathematics in early childhood education, European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 18:1, 105-115

Thank you Fathi!