Can a Socratic Teacher Be a Constructivist?
The displacement of the idea that facts and evidence matter by the idea that
everything boils down to subjective interests and perspectives is—second
only to American political campaigns—the most prominent and pernicious
manifestation of anti-intellectualism in our time. (Lauden, 1990, p. x)
… does it actually make any difference in our everyday work whether
deep down we consider knowledge to be about some ‘real’ world
independent of us, or whether we consider knowledge to be of our own
making? The answer is yes, it does make a difference … : in our profession
our epistemological views dictate our pedagogic views. (Hein, 1991)