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Grimellini Tomasini, N.; Pecori Balandi, B. – 1988
A discussion is presented on the development and implementation of two inservice training programs for science teachers which were based on a "constructivist perspective" which is based on the belief that knowledge (in an individual) is always a personal construction. Within this framework, the programs involved the development of both…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education
Matricardi, Giorgio; Muratori, Rosanna; Porro, Rita; Pirola, Elisabetta; Capozza, Angela – 2000
A constructivistic learning process was used with primary and secondary students in Genoa, Italy, to approach the problem of the diffusion of the alloctonous algae Caulerpa taxifolia in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Because of the lack of a continuous research program in Italy, the media played a heavy role in the transfer of information to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Constructivism (Learning), Controversial Issues (Course Content)