I don't think he was either, nor am I. The source of the quote is
indicated and is taken from the published version in English.
Just as physicists find it inappropriate to lump certain phenomena
together. We might take care not to lump ideas outside our field together.
While we might at present disagree in certain details, as does Maurice
Barnhill, I find that a certain form of constructivism explains most of
what I see going on (and not going on) in the classroom. If I did not,
then I would not support the idea.
As Maurice points out there seem to be instructional activities which work
for some students and not others and some which have more of a particular
effect on some than others, but I don't think that there are instructional
activities which are "constructivist" or "not constructivist".
Dewey
PS: On another list someone asked if Einstein, Schrodinger, and Amdahl
were constructivists. My answer is that probably if one looked at the
totality of their words and actions, one would decide not. The quotes
themselves represent ideas that make sense to me.
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Dewey I. Dykstra, Jr. Phone: (208)385-3105
Professor of Physics Dept: (208)385-3775
Department of Physics/MCF421/418 Fax: (208)385-4330
Boise State University dykstrad@bsumail.idbsu.edu
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Boise, ID 83725-1570 novice piper
"Physical concepts are the free creations of the human mind and
are not, however it may seem, uniquely determined by the external
world."--A. Einstein in The Evolution of Physics with L. Infeld,
1938.
"Every [person's] world picture is and always remains a construct
of [their] mind and cannot be proved to have any other existence."
--E. Schrodinger in Mind and Matter, 1958.
"Don't mistake your watermelon for the universe." --K. Amdahl in
There Are No Electrons, 1991.
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