Brad Gilbert believes that learners construct their own understanding of the topics they study. He provides a variety of experiences for learners and leads discussions intended to help them construct valid understandings of the way the world works. Ann Wilson believes that authority is the most important way of knowing, and she presents carefully organized lectures that cover the topics she wants her students to understand. The differences in the two teachers' decisions are most nearly suggested by which of the following?

a. Ethics
b. Ontology
c. Axiology
d. Epistemology


Ans: d. Epistemology

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