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Backenroth, Ofra Arieli; Katz, Meredith Lynn – Religious Education, 2017
Online programs are becoming more ubiquitous in higher education; however, there has been a lack of research on the merit of this style of educating. Using the concept of constructivism as a framework, the idea that individuals construct their own understanding of world experiences, the authors generated a case study to explore the efficacy of…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Distance Education, Guidelines, Case Studies
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Mellado, Lucia; Bermejo, Maria Luisa; Mellado, Vicente – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
Using the responses to open questions, this qualitative study examines the personal metaphors expressed by prospective secondary education teachers, 46 science graduates and 41 economics graduates. The metaphors are classified into the four categories of Leavy, McSorley, and Bote: the behaviourist/transmissive, the cognitivist/constructivist, the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Undergraduate Study, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Kroll, Linda R. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2004
This case study investigates the development of the understanding of constructivist theory among students in a Masters level elementary teacher education program within a particular course. The focus of the study is a seminar entitled "Advanced Seminar in Child Development". The questions explored include: How do students' ideas of…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Constructivism (Learning), Teacher Education Programs, Seminars