Getting personal on reflecting teams

Reflecting teams remain a creative way of bending the tradition of a therapy team hidden behind a one way mirror. Several therapists have adapted the original reflecting team concept to fit with a more narrative tradition, particularly that of encouraging reflecting team members to talk about their personal experiences. This ...

by Cole, Patricia M. ; Shatz, Karen ; Sapoznik, Marcia ; Demeritt, Lisa A. | 10 zář 2014, 8:53


Constructivist learning theory to web-based course design:
 An instructional design approach

With the advent of web-based courses and distance education technology, it is necessary to carefully consider how the use of this technology fosters the learning intended in adult education programs. In this paper, we have outlined constructivist learning theory as an approach to fostering web-based course development. A constructivist approach ...

by Daley, Barbara J. ; Conceição-Runlee, Simone | 10 zář 2014, 9:13


Self-Organizing Systems

One of the questions guiding subsets of physics, chemistry and biology research is Where does order come from? Following the general laws of thermodynamics it would seem that dynamic processes would find the path of least energy until the system found a low spot, a dead calm, and remained at ...

by Decker, Ethan H. | 10 zář 2014, 9:21


Constructivism: A ‘Next’ Area of Scientific Development?

Radical Constructivism has been defined as an ‘unconventional approach to the problem of knowledge and knowing’. Its unconventionality is summarised by its claim that it is impossible to attribute unique meaning to experience-as no mind-independent yardstick can be assumed to exist against which to identify uniqueness, and hence to produce ...

by Zeeuw, Gerard de | 10 zář 2014, 9:34


Against Realist Instruction: Superficial Success Masking Catastrophic Failure and an Alternative

In Radical Constructivism (RC) (Glasersfeld 1991) we judge our understanding by what can be accomplished using that understand- ing. Realists do not understand the notion that RC is not about “truth,” but about fit to experience. In this article, we look at evidence in educational settings. While the evidence will ...

by Dykstra, Dewey I. Jr. | 10 zář 2014, 15:01 | vyučování  


Social constructivism as a philosophy of mathematics:
radical constructivism rehabilitated?

Epistemological issues, although controversial, are central to teaching and learning and have long been a theme of PME. A central epistemological issue is that of the philosophy of mathematics. It is argued that the traditional absolutist philosophies need to be replaced by a conceptual change view of mathematics. Building on ...

by Ernest, Paul | 10 zář 2014, 15:15


The MRI reflecting team: an integrated approach

The postmodern movement has opened avenues for unique, integrated ap- proaches to therapy. Postmodernism encourages a collaborative effort by the client and therapist in resolving presenting problems. The Mental Re- search Institute (MRI) reflecting team exemplifies this movement toward eclectic and integrated approaches to therapy, drawing upon the clients’ ability ...

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by Eubanks, Robert A. | 10 zář 2014, 15:26


An Introduction to “Maturana’s” Biology

Our passion for this work arose in very different histories of living, but these histories converged some years ago around the writings of Humberto Maturana. There were other reasons for us getting together, but it was the ideas of Maturana which inspired us both to take another look at the ...

by Fell, Lloyd | 10 zář 2014, 15:41


The Fuzziness of Communication A Catalyst for Seeking Consensus

Human beings differ in ways of understanding, interpreting, describing or sharing experience. On the basis of experience we construct our own conceptual systems (beliefs and values) that are neither consistent nor monolithic. "Alternative conceptual systems exist, whether one likes it or not. They are not likely to go away, since ...

by Fell, Lloyd ; Dimitrov, Vladimir | 10 zář 2014, 15:48


Living Systems - Autonomous Unities

The question which is never entirely resolved is: what is life? Biology, claims to stand for the study of life and living things, yet we would say that it cannot make a thoroughly clear distinction between living and non-living, except in some very obvious cases. There are textbook definitions, of ...

by Fell, Lloyd ; Russell, David | 11 zář 2014, 12:06