The teacher's role in the transformation of students' understanding |
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| Authors: | Dr Stephen M Ritchie |
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| Institution: | (1) School of Education, James Cook University, 4811 Townsville, Queensland, Australia |
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| Abstract: | The application of constructivist referents for teaching science has received some recent unwarranted criticism. To counter
some of the pedagogical criticisms, the teacher's role and actions within a Year 6 science classroom learning community are
described. In particular, my interpretation of two teaching episodes shows how the teacher helped a group of students transform
their understanding of electrical circuits. The teacher in this study mediated learning by monitoring the transformation of
student understanding and negotiating scientific practices—teaching practices which need to be illustrated more fully by researchers
to avoid further confusion about the application of idea-based social constructivism. I argue that the teacher's role, from
a social constructivist perspective, is to employ whatever strategies are needed to help students develop a deeper understanding
of canonical science. |
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