Personal epistemology in the classroom
Subtitle: theory, research, and implications for practice
By: [edited by] Lisa D. Bendixen and Florian C. Feucht
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 599
ISBN-13: 9780521883559
Description: Personal epistemology is the study of beliefs associated with knowledge and knowing. A large body of theory and research in personal epistemology has been dedicated to college students, but rarely have the epistemic beliefs of children, adolescents, and their teachers been thoroughly examined. This book incorporates both theoretical and empirical work pertaining to personal epistemology as it specifically relates to learning and instruction. Bringing together leading research on preschool through high school students' personal epistemology, it re-examines existing conceptual frameworks, introduces new models, provides as empirical foundation for learning and instruction, and considers broader educational implications. In addition, the contributors stress how personal epistemology issues in the classroom need to be more carefully investigated and understood.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Personal epistemology in the classroom: a welcome and guide for the reader / Florian C. Feucht, Lisa D. Bendixen; title: Manifestations of an epistemological belief system in preschool to grade twelve classrooms / Marlene Schommer-Aikins, Mary Bird, Linda Bakken; title: Epistemic climate in elementary classrooms / Florian C. Feucht; title: The integrative model of personal epistemology development: theoretical underpinnings and implications for education / Deanna C. Rule, Lisa D. Bendixen; title: An epistemic framework for scientific reasoning in informal contexts / Fang-Ying Yang, Chin-Chung Tsai; title: Who knows what and who can we believe? Epistemological beliefs are beliefs about knowledge (mostly) to be attained from others / Rainer Bromme, Dorothe Kienhues, Torsten Porsch; title: Stalking young persons' changing beliefs about belief / Michael J. Chandler, Travis Proulx; title: Epistemological development in very young knowers / Leah K. Wildenger, Barbara K. Hofer, Jean E. Burr; title: Beliefs about knowledge and revision of knowledge: on the importance of epistemic beliefs for intentional conceptual change in elementary and middle school students / Lucia Mason; title: The reflexive relation between students' mathematics-related beliefs and the mathematics classroom culture / Erik De Corte ... [et al.]; title: Examining the influence of epistemic beliefs and goal orientations on the academic performance of adolescent students enrolled in high-poverty, high-minority schools / P. Karen Murphy ... [et al.]; title: Using cognitive interviewing to explore elementary and secondary school students' epistemic and ontological cognition / Jeffrey A. Greene ... [et al.]; title: Epistemological resources and framing: a cognitive framework for helping teachers interpret and respond to their students' epistemologies / Andrew Elby, David Hammer; title: The effects of teachers' beliefs on elementary students' beliefs, motivation, and achievement in mathematics / Krista R. Muis, Michael J. Foy; title: Teachers' articulation of beliefs about teaching knowledge: conceptualizing a belief framework / Helenrose Fives, Michelle M. Buehl; title: Beyond epistemology: assessing teachers' epistemological and ontological worldviews / Lori Olafson, Gregory Schraw; title: Personal epistemology in the classroom: what does research and theory tell us and where do we need to go next? / Lisa D. Bendixen, Florian C. Feucht.