Constructivism and Teachers in Chinese Culture

Zitong Wei received her Ph.D in Curriculum Studies from Indiana University Bloomington and is now an instructor at China Women’s University. She is currently teaching a foundational course on pedagogy and a research course on early childhood education. She also serves as a mentor and a coordinator for psychological counseling services and activities. Her research interests include early childhood teacher education, phenomenological and hermeneutic research, and educational policy. She is currently working on several manuscripts on feminist curriculum and educational hermeneutic research.

Acknowledgements.- Preface.- Chapter 1 Contemporary Constructivism and Its Usefulness in a Confucian Context.- Chapter 2 Constructivism in Confucian Culture.- Chapter 3 Constructivist Teaching in China Today.- Chapter 4 A Hermeneutic Analysis of Chinese Teachers.- Chapter 5 Flexibility and Balancing: Against the “Apprenticeship of Observation”.- Chapter 6 Synchronicity and Symbolizing: Reflective Teaching and Learning.- Chapter 7 Accompaning and Composing: Moral Accommodations.- Chapter 8 A Relational Paradigm of Cross-Cultural Learning.- Index.