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Maker-Centered Professional Learning for Inservice and Preservice K-12 Educators: A Systematic Literature Review
The shift from traditional education to maker-centered learning calls for an analysis and evaluation of the current studies on professional...
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Discursive Positioning
Discursive positioning is both a theoretical construct and method of inquiry that has roots in social constructionism and discursive psychology.
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Examining Young Children’s Computational Thinking through Animation Art
Educators and researchers are becoming interested in cultivating computational thinking (CT). However, in the Hong Kong context, CT-related studies...
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A Trajectory of Digital Technologies Integration in Mathematical Education in Brazil: Challenges and Opportunities
This chapter presents a trajectory of Digital Technologies in the teaching of Mathematics in Brazil, since 1980. Papert’s ideas regarding...
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Mathematical Assemblages Around Dynamic Aspects of Angle in Digital and Physical Space
Drawing upon constructionism and neo-materialist approaches on the role of physical activity and the human body in teaching and learning mathematics,...
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Postmodern Theory in Practice: Narrative Practice in Social Work
Rooted in postmodernism and social constructionism, narrative theory as applied to social work bridges the gap between clinical work and social...
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Contemporary meaning of caste discrimination in Indian universities: a constructivist grounded theory
In Indian society, caste is assigned to us before birth. Caste positions individuals in a social, economic, and political hierarchy. This study...
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Scaffolding Engagement with Educational Technologies to Develop Computational Thinking in Year 1 Girls
The purpose of this chapter is to disrupt traditional thinking about the appropriateness of educational technologies such as Makey Makey, Micro:bit,...
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Students’ implicit epistemologies when working at the intersection of engineering and the arts
BackgroundThis paper explores the epistemologies and discourse of undergraduate students at the transdisciplinary intersection of engineering and the...
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Tensions Between Individualism and Holism: A Philosophy of Social Science Perspective
Healthcare is largely a social teamwork activity in which individuals must work cooperatively to provide safe patient care. In preparation for this...
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Career Theory for Change: The Influences of Social Constructionism and Constructivism, and Convergence
This chapter provides a brief overview of the history of career theories, and within the context of the need for a shift in philosophical...
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Integrating Makerspaces in Higher Education: Constructionism Approach to Learning
This study explored the impact of using makerspaces in higher education. The paper sought to investigate the effects of constructionism approach on...
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“Important but risky”: attitudes of global thought leaders towards cost and value research in health professions education
Studies of cost and value can inform educational decision making, yet our understanding of the barriers to such research is incomplete. To address...
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Postmodern Theory in Practice: Narrative Practice in Social Work
Rooted in postmodernism and social constructionism, narrative theory as applied to social work bridges the gap between clinical work and social...
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The Social Construction of Globalised Education Discourses: Inhabiting a World of Performativity, Competition and Responsibilisation
Drawing on Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann’s notion of internalisation, this chapter argues that twenty-first Century learners are now born and...
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The Integration of Coding and Computer Science Concepts in Canadian K-8 Curriculum
In this article, the relatively new phenomenon of integrating coding and computer science (CS) related concepts and skills into the K-8 grades is...
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Computational Thinking in Education: Past and Present
As computers have become commonplace in everyday life, educators have begun to shift focus from working with computers (computer literacy) to thinking ...
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Examining mathematics teachers’ creative actions in programming-based mathematical activities
There has been a renewed interest in creativity as a twenty-first century skill in K-12 mathematics education. However, previous research has paid...
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Twenty years of research on technology in mathematics education at CERME: a literature review based on a data science approach
Mathematics education is like many scientific disciplines witnessing an increase in scientific output. Examining and reviewing every paper in an area...
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The Ontario Makerspace Project
In this introductory chapter, we provide an overview of a 2-year research project in Ontario, Canada, with 60 teachers in 20 schools. We share a...