This study compares the views of John Dewey and Israel Scheffler on the relationship of learning and inquiry. After examining key aspects of Dewey's educational theory and Logic, it examines some of Scheffler's major criticisms of how Dewey relates theory to practice, problem-so…
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This thesis is a study of inquiry. Drawing upon the work of American pragmatist John Dewey, this work seeks to contribute to our understanding of the construction of knowledge within the social system of communities of inquiry. The process of inquiry that is traced in this work …
During its lifetime, the League of Nations aspired to gather reliable facts and produce accurate knowledge that could transform the conduct of international politics. Inquiry was one of many techniques the League actively deployed to find more rational means in which diplomacy w…
This teacher research study examines the literary talk and classroom community that emerged during Book Club meetings, fishbowl discussions, and a Retrospective Reflection session which transpired in my fifth grade classroom over the course of two thematic units. Themes of cultu…
As secondary social studies education in the United States moves toward inquiry and constructivist models of teaching, much of the history that is taught is stuck in a fairly rigid narrative. This narrative has been written and refined by historians and high school textbook writ…
Research examining students’ historical reasoning has heavily relied on evidence in the form of students’ written work to make claims about students’ ability to reason historically and have argued that the document-based history essay holds the most promise for assessing student…
Problem: As a qualitative methodology, narrative inquiry (Connelly & Clandinin, 2006) is needed to draw storied data from participants representing experiences in all facets of education. Collecting experiential data essential to making comparisons and identifying variations (St…
In this age of instant access to information, increased scrutiny should be given to the process of thinking within a historical context. How do we assess this new knowledge? This study investigated the effectiveness of one solution advanced by the National Council for Social Stu…