Constructivist teaching and teacher education : theory and practice / Virginia Richardson -- Child development and the purpose of education : a historical context for constructivism in teacher education / Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur -- Constructivism : contradictions and confusions in teacher education / Allan MacKinnon and Carol Scarff-Seatter -- Constructivism in teacher education : applying cognitive theory to teacher learning / Nancy Winitzky and Don Kauchak -- Teaching about thinking and thinking about teaching, revisited / Magdalene Lampert -- Mentoring as assisted performance : a case of co-planning / Sharon Feimen-Nemser and Kathrene Beasley -- Teaching about constructivism : using approaches informed by constructivism / Jolie A. Meyer-Smith and Ian J. Mitchell -- The lived curriculum of constructivist teacher education / Francine Peterman -- Meeting student teachers on their own terms : experience precedes understanding / John Lougbran and Tom Russell.