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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Social Constructivist Theory."”.
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Children, television, and families: A content analysis of prime-time family programs and an examination of the influence of children's family structure on their perceptions of TV and real families
… were conducted. The project was guided by social constructivist theory, which proposes that children's interpretations of television are influenced by their cognitive development, their prior experiences, and the media content. Studies of both content and audience interpretation were …
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The Experience of Being a Collaborative Writer
… textbook collaboratively with 2 other authors. Social constructivist theory and the idea of cognitive apprenticeship provided a conceptual framework. In this study, I compared my experience with the benefits, challenges, and relational dynamics reported in the literature. Data included …
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Exploring the use of a dialogical argumentation instructional model to an assessment for learning tool when teaching natural science and technology in foundation phase
… and argumentation as a teaching methodology. Social constructivist theory provided the over-arching theoretical framework that guided this study. The data collected was analyzed using the Toulmin Argumentation Pattern, Contiguity Argumentation Theory, and Social Constructivist Theory. …
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Mediating science learning: Promoting the acquisition and transfer of biological concepts
… the information processing model and the social-constructivist theory, provided the theoretical basis for the study. A model based on these two theories was developed to guide the construction of the intervention and the instruments to measure the transfer. This model takes into account …
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Exploring the impact of COVID-19 curriculum recovery plan on English First-Additional language academic outcomes
… District, Limpopo Province. Guided by Vygotsky’s social constructivist theory and an interpretivist paradigm, the research employed a phenomenological qualitative design. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions involving 20 participants (educators, …
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The Business Of Teaching The Teaching Of Business : Using Social Constructivist Techniques To Teach Business-Orientated Advanced GNVQs
Vygotsky’s social constructivist theory suggests that the culture of a situation helps develop cognitive structures. Therefore it follows that a business ‘culture’ is needed to teach business orientated GNVQs. The perceived need was to develop such a culture and within it to construct teaching …
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The Experiences of Secondary Teachers Co-Constructing Mental Wellness Knowledge
… teaching the MW30 curriculum. Vygotsky’s (1986) social constructivist theory framed this study, which focused on the interactions between students and their teachers as they co-constructed knowledge. During this two-month-long study, data were collected through detailed field notes and online …
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Utilizing ESL Learners’ Socio-Cognitive Resources to Enhance General Academic Vocabulary Acquisition
… general academic vocabulary acquisition in a social learning setting. The study investigated whether the use of culturally relevant imagery and L1 translation equivalents facilitate retrieval of new general academic vocabulary. The study was informed by the following theories: Levels of …
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Amava abafundisi bolimi lwesizulu ezikoleni eziqokiwe
… methods for data collection. Vygotsky’s (1978) social-constructivist theory was used as a theoretical framework and a lens for data analysis. Findings of the study revealed that B.Ed teachers are much stronger in using a variety of methods of teaching isiZulu but do not have a strong subject …
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Awakening critical consciousness in General Practice teaching: towards a philosophy of praxis
Background & Purpose As medicine’s social contract evolves, medical schools have a growing obligation to foster doctors who are conscious of social dynamics and inequality in healthcare, and willing to affect societal change. This approach can be nurtured via the development of a ‘critical …
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Moving Toward A Holistic Understanding Of Recidivism
… This study was framed within the context of the Social Constructivist Theory and the Critical Race Theory. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs provided the lens through which the findings of the study were understood. Because of the small sample size of the study, no generalizable knowledge can be …
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An investigation into the professional development needs of Upper Primary and Secondary teachers in mainstream, private schools to meet the diverse learning needs in Indian classrooms
… The study has its underpinnings in the social constructivist theory.<br/><br/>The findings of the study reveal that the challenges faced in inclusion were related to teachers’ attitudes, competencies and training, student related issues, school systems and policies, curriculum and parent …
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A descriptive case study of successes and challenges in a scientific collaboration program based in the United States and Benin
… however, is also shaped in key ways by its social norms of practice, any existing structures of knowledge, and the infrastructure of the scientific discipline itself. Moreover, when collaborations occur across the global North-South divide, they can easily belie a neocolonialist dynamic that …
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Navigating a bilingual/biliterate childhood: a longitudinal study of three second-generation young learners in the U.S.
… interactive and culturally embedded processes of socialization, I longitudinally investigated three siblings’ bilingual and biliteracy acquisition and development in their natural daily setting for six years. I also explored the focal children’s situated and reformulated linguistic and cultural …