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Home > Resources on Constructivist Education

Resources on Constructivist Education


by Rheta DeVries and Christina Sales

Bredekamp, S, ed. 1987. Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Expanded edition. Washington, DC: NAEYC.

Bredekamp, S. & C. Copple, eds. 1997. Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs. Rev ed. Washington, DC: NAEYC.
 
Developmental Studies Center. 1996. Ways we want our class to be: Class meetings that build commitment to kindness and learning. Oakland, CA: Author.
 
DeVries, R. 1986. Children’s conceptions of shadow phenomena. Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs 112 (4): 479–530.
 
DeVries, R., J.P.  Haney, & B. Zan. 1991. Sociomoral atmosphere in direct-instruction, eclectic, and constructivist kindergartens: A study of teachers’ enacted interpersonal understanding. Early Childhood Research Quarterly 6 (4): 449–71.
 
DeVries, R., & L. Kohlberg. 1987/1990. Constructivist early education: Overview and comparison with other programs. Washington, DC: NAEYC.
 
DeVries, R., H. Reese-Learned, & P. Morgan. 1991. Sociomoral development in direct-instruction, eclectic, and constructivist kindergartens: A study of children’s enacted interpersonal understanding. Early Childhood Research Quarterly 6 (4):473–517.
 
DeVries, R., & B. Zan. 1994. Moral classrooms, moral children: Creating a constructivist atmosphere in early education. New York: Teachers College Press.
 
DeVries, R., & B. Zan. 1995. Creating a constructivist classroom atmosphere. Young Children 51 (1): 4–13.
 
DeVries, R., B. Zan, C. Hildebrandt, R. Edmiaston, & C. Sales. 2002. Developing constructivist early childhood curriculum: Practical principles and activities. New York: Teachers College Press.
 
Dewey, J. 1913/1975. Interest and effort in education. Edwardsville, IL: Southern Illinois Press.
 
Duckworth, E. 2006. “The having of wonderful ideas” and other essays on teaching and learning. 3d ed. New York: Teachers College Press.
 
Edwards, C., L. Gandini, & G. Forman. 1998. The hundred languages of children: The Reggio Emilia approach—Advanced reflections. 2d ed. Westport, CT: Albex Publishing.
 
Evans, R.I. 1973. Jean Piaget: The man and his ideas. New York: Dutton.
 
Gilbert, L. 1984. I can do it! I can do it! 135 successful independent learning activities. Mt. Rainer, MD: Gryphon House.
 
Helm, J.H., & S. Beneke. 2003. The power of projects: Meeting contemporary challenges in early childhood classrooms—strategies & solutions. New York: Teachers College Press; and Washington, DC: NAEYC.
 
Helm, J.H., & L. Katz. 2011. Young investigators: The project approach in the early years. 2d ed. New York: Teachers College Press; and Washington, DC: NAEYC.
 
Howes, C., & S. Ritchie. 2002. A matter of trust: Connecting teachers and learners in the early childhood classroom. New York: Teachers College Press.
 
Jones, E., & G. Reynolds. 1992. The play’s the thing: Teachers’ roles in children’s plays. New York: Teachers College Press.
 
Kamii, C. 1982. Number in preschool and kindergarten: Educational implications of theory. Washington, DC: NAEYC.
 
Kamii, C. 1994. Young children continue to reinvent arithmetic—3rd grade. 2d ed. New York: Teachers College Press.
 
Kamii, C. 2000. Young children reinvent arithmetic: Implications of Piaget’s theory. 2d ed. New York: Teachers College Press.
 
Kamii, C. 2003. Young children continue to reinvent arithmetic—2nd grade: Implications of Piaget's theory. 2d ed. New York: Teachers College Press.  
 
Kamii, C. & R. DeVries. 1976. Piaget, children, and number: Applying Piaget's theory to the teaching of elementary number. Washington, DC: NAEYC.
 
Kamii, C., & R. DeVries. 1978/1993. Physical knowledge in preschool education: Implications of Piaget’s theory. New York: Teachers College Press.
 
Kamii, C., & R. DeVries. 1980. Group games in early education: Implications of Piaget’s theory. Washington, DC: NAEYC.
 
Kamii, C., J. Rummelsburg, & A. Kari. 2005. Teaching arithmetic to low-performing, low-SES first graders. Journal of Mathematical Behavior 24 (1): 39–50.
 
Katz, L.G., & S.C. Chard. 2000. Engaging children’s minds: The project approach. 2d ed. Stamford, CT: Ablex.
 
Piaget, J. 1928/1995. Sociological Studies. L. Smith, ed. New York: Routledge. (Original works published 1928–1964)
 
Piaget, J. 1932/1965. The moral judgment of the child. New York: Free Press.
 
Piaget, J. 1941/1952. The child’s conception of number. New York: Norton.
 
Piaget, J. 1948/1973. To understand is to invent. New York: Grossman.
 
Piaget, J. 1952. The origins of intelligence in children. New York: International Universities Press.
 
Piaget, J. 1954/1981. Intelligence and affectivity: Their relation during child development. Berkeley: University of California Press.
 
Piaget, J. 1964. Development and learning. In Piaget rediscovered: A report of the conference on cognitive studies and curriculum development, eds. R.E. Ripple & V.N. Rockcastle, 7–20. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
 
Piaget, J. 1969/1970. Science of education and the psychology of the child. New York: Viking Compass.
 
Piaget, J. 1974/1976. The grasp of consciousness. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
 
Piaget, J., & R. Garcia. 1983/1989. Psychogenesis and the history of science. New York: Columbia University Press. 
 
Piaget, J., & B. Inhelder. 1948/1956. The child’s conception of space. New York: Norton. 
 
Watson, M., & L. Ecken. 2003. Learning to trust: Transforming difficult elementary classrooms through developmental discipline. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

 

 

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