Constructivism and Teachers in Chinese Culture : Enriching Confucianism with Constructivism /

This book provides a refreshing look at kindergarten teachers' practical knowledge and their context-specific reasoning of the usefulness of constructivism from a culturally emic perspective. Examining the similarities and differences between constructivism and Confucianism from both instructio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wei, Zitong (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:	1st ed. 2019.
Subjects:	Education-Philosophy. Philosophy and social sciences. Teaching. Child development. Philosophy, Asian. Educational Philosophy. Philosophy of Education. Teaching and Teacher Education. Early Childhood Education. Non-Western Philosophy. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements
Preface
Chapter 1 Contemporary Constructivism and Its Usefulness in a Confucian Context
Chapter 2 Constructivism in Confucian Culture
Chapter 3 Constructivist Teaching in China Today
Chapter 4 A Hermeneutic Analysis of Chinese Teachers
Chapter 5 Flexibility and Balancing: Against the "Apprenticeship of Observation"
Chapter 6 Synchronicity and Symbolizing: Reflective Teaching and Learning
Chapter 7 Accompaning and Composing: Moral Accommodations
Chapter 8 A Relational Paradigm of Cross-Cultural Learning
Index.