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Eleanor Ruth Duckworth (born 1935 in Montreal, Canada) is a cognitive psychologist, educational theorist and constructivist educator. A former student, colleague, leading translator and interpreter of Jean Piaget as well as renowned Professor of Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education, she is one of the leading progressive educators today. Duckworth earned her Ph.D. (Docteur en sciences de l’éducation) at the Université de Genève in 1977. She grounds her work in Jean Piaget and Bärbel Inhelder's insights into the nature and development of understanding and intelligence and in their clinical research method. She has developed the clinical interview method of the Genevan school into a teaching/research approach, now called "critical exploration". As a teaching-researcher and reflective practitioner she is especially interested in teaching and in the experience of learners and teachers of all ages, both in and out of schools. She applies Piaget's pioneering observations on intellectual development directly to her research in the development of ideas and to teaching and training prospective and experienced teachers at Harvard University and on many continents. Duckworth also has been an elementary school teacher. Her participation in the 1960s curriculum development projects Elementary Science Study and African Primary Science Program was germinal for her insights and practices in exploratory methods in teaching and learning. She has conducted teacher education and program evaluation in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia and Canada. She also is a coordinator with Cambridge United for Justice with Peace.

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Total Books: 12
Poems and Sketches
2010 - Poems and Sketches (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781141418855
ISBN-10: 1141418851
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Poems And Sketches By Eleanor Duckworth And Milly Wentworth
2007 - Poems and Sketches By Eleanor Duckworth and Milly Wentworth (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780548516348
ISBN-10: 0548516340
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Poems And Sketches By Eleanor Duckworth And Milly Wentworth
2007 - Poems and Sketches By Eleanor Duckworth and Milly Wentworth (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780548459959
ISBN-10: 0548459959
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The Having of Wonderful Ideas And Other Essays on Teaching and Learning
Teacher to Teacher Learning from Each Other
1997 - Teacher to Teacher Learning From Each Other (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780807736524
ISBN-10: 080773652X
Genre: Nonfiction
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Teacher to Teacher Learning from Each Other
1997 - Teacher to Teacher Learning From Each Other (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780807736531
ISBN-10: 0807736538
Genre: Nonfiction
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The Having of Wonderful Ideas  Other Essays on Teaching  Learning
Cmo tener ideas maravillosas y otros ensayos sobre cmo ensear y aprender
1994 - Cmo Tener Ideas Maravillosas Y Otros Ensayos Sobre Cmo Ensear Y Aprender (Other)
ISBN-13: 9788477740445
ISBN-10: 8477740445
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Science Education A Mindson Approach for the Elementary Years
1990 - Science Education a Mindson Approach for the Elementary Years (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780805805437
ISBN-10: 0805805435
Genres: Reference, Science & Math
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The 'Having of Wonderful Ideas' and Other Essays on Teaching and Learning
Cuando Surgen Ideas Maravillosas y Otros Ensayos Sobre La Ensenanza Aprendizaje