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Johnson, David W.; Johnson, Roger T. – Educational Researcher, 2009
Although intellectual conflict may be an important instructional tool (because of its potential constructive outcomes), conflict is rarely structured in instructional situations (because of its potential destructive outcomes). Many educators may be apprehensive about instigating intellectual conflict among students because of the lack of…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Conflict Resolution, Social Sciences, Outcomes of Education
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Driver, Rosalind; And Others – Educational Researcher, 1994
Presents a view of the interplay among the various factors of personal experience, language, and socialization in the process of learning science in classrooms. Discusses the problematic relations among scientific knowledge, the learning of science, and pedagogy. (GLR)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning)
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Banks, James A. – Educational Researcher, 1995
A historical case study of the construction and reconstruction of race between the late 19th century and the 1940s is used to document the ways in which the social, cultural, political, and historical contexts in which knowers are embedded influence the knowledge they construct and reconstruct. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Constructivism (Learning), Context Effect, Cultural Awareness