ConstructivismJalisa Johnson

Index

• History

• Advocates

• At Work

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History

• A teacher directed or lecture themed instruction model

• Students must learn by doing

• Learner ‘constructs’ their own understanding

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History

• Learning should be structured to be about ‘learning’

• There is no knowledge separate from meaning from experience

• Knowledge is developed through interacting with experience

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Advocates

• Jean Piaget

• Jerome Bruner

• Lev Vygotsky

• John Dewey

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Jean Piaget

• Identified that children think differently than adults

• Children ‘actively’ construct the world around them

• Children build knowledge on what they already know

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Jean Piaget

• Four cognitive stages: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational

• Children must create their own view of the world around them

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How it Looks

• An integration of technology

• A great deal of experimentation

• An open amount of inquiry that spurs critical thought

• The ability to actively interact with knowledge

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My Classroom

• Students will interact carefully with the knowledge they’re trying to attain

• Books are used as a supplement

• Technology and interactive learning supplements reign true

• I love the constructivist idea, it enables students to learn in a manner that they understand the most

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Citations

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• http://www.clker.com/cliparts/c/b/b/e/11954217511527806368hammer_david_benjamin_01.svg.med.png

• http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Education/Pix/pictures/2010/3/30/1269945909397/Experiments-are-vital-in--001.jpg

• http://www.montana.edu/ttt/pictures/teacher1.jpg

• http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/resources/constructivistlearning.html

• http://photo-dictionary.com/photofiles/list/457/833building_blocks.jpg

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