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Contra Garrisonian Social Constructivism
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-16, 12:10 authored by Davson-Galle, PIn a recent paper in this journal, Jim Garrison (1997) opines that a Deweyan social constructivism ought to be embraced by science educators in preference to the subjectivist variety espoused by Ernst von Glasersfeld as it '. . . retains all [of the latter's] virtues and does not get caught up in its confusions' (p. 543), In this response, I argue that key elements of Garrison's complaints are misguided and that his preferred Deweyan social constructivism is a theoretical framework without apparent superiority and with enough flaws that it is best eschewed by science educators (and metascientists, generally). © 2000 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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Publication title
Science and EducationVolume
9Issue
6Pagination
611-614ISSN
0926-7220Department/School
Faculty of EducationPublisher
Kluwer Academic PublishersPlace of publication
NetherlandsRepository Status
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