Constructivist Education and Epistemological Development in Online and Face-to-Face Higher Learning Environments

Autor/in	Pruitt, Rebecca J.
Titel	Constructivist Education and Epistemological Development in Online and Face-to-Face Higher Learning Environments
Quelle	(2011), (252 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, Oklahoma State University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-2672-0079-2
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Constructivism (Learning); Epistemology; Females; Teacher Student Relationship; Computer Mediated Communication; Child Development; Online Courses; Conventional Instruction; Teaching Methods; Comparative Analysis; Learning Theories; Dialogs (Language); Metacognition; Interpersonal Communication; Course Descriptions; Educational Principles; Interviews; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Erkenntnistheorie; Weibliches Geschlecht; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Computerkonferenz; Kindesentwicklung; Online course; Online-Kurs; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Learning theory; Lerntheorie; Dialog; Dialogs; Dialogue; Dialogues; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Kursstrukturplan; Bildungsprinzip; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	Scope and Method of Study. This study examined two sections of a course in child development, one online and one face-to-face, to determine similarities and differences between the two related to constructivist education and constructivist processes. Course documents, instructor reflections, online discussion forum text, student-instructor electronic communication, and participant interviews were data sources. Participant data was divided into two groups (face-to-face student data and online student data) for separate analysis and then brought together for comparison. The study was grounded in the theory of constructivism as postulated by Piaget (1970) and informed by the framework for women's epistemological development created by Belenky, et al. (1997) entitled "Women's Ways of Knowing." Findings and Conclusions. Constructivist education themes included attending to the individual, facilitating inquiry, facilitating meaningful investigations, facilitating dialogue, and introducing disequilibrium. Constructivist process themes included interest, questioning, thinking about thinking, social interaction, cognitive disequilibrium, sense making, and theory building. Themes for each course section were more similar than different, indicating that the online environment does not preclude the use of constructivist education principles. The lens of the "Women's Ways of Knowing" (Belenky, et al., 1997) framework revealed additional implications for teaching from a constructivist perspective that include the assessment of epistemological development as a way to inform the type and quality of the application of constructivist education principles in both online and face-to-face learning environments. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10