2. What is Constructivism?
Key Figures
Constructivism in a Classroom
Constructivism in My Classroom
3. Constructivism:
Idea that learners construct their knowledge
Students learn by doing
Students actively participate in their learning
Students use critical- thinking skills
Learning uses hands-on approach
4. Constructivism continued:
Learner form what he/she comprehends or
learns
Learner is self-directed, creative, innovative
Learning is adjusting our mental models to
new experiences
Student-centered
5. Jerome Bruner
Believed constructivist learners are participatory
learners
Spiral curriculum: students continue building on
knowledge
John Dewey
Advocate for child-centered instruction
Believed in progressive education
6. Lev Vygotsky
Russian educational psychologist
Developed social cognition
Believed children had a zone of proximal
development
Anchored instruction: technology-based learning
Scaffolding
7. Jean Piaget
Influenced constructivist movement
Developed the cognitive learning theory with 4
stages
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete Operational
Formal Operational
8. Jean Piaget continued
Learners move through three mechanisms:
Adaptation
Assimilation
Accommodation
9. Teachers adapt to being facilitators
Facilitators help students “uncover”
facts/ideas
Facilitators ask, instead of giving students
information
Facilitators provide guidelines to aid students
Facilitators are in continuous dialogues with
students
10. Facilitator and students equally participate in
learning
Instruction is anchored with real-world context
With technology students are more engaged
Students are more cooperative and less
competitive
Instructor uses: Web Quests, digital
media, videos, etc.
11. Students will be engaged with tasks to solve
with their knowledge
Students will be engaged in hands-on activities
I will serve as a facilitator and guide
Students will work collaboratively
12. Students will work in groups
Learning environment will support/challenge
students thinking
Technology will be used as a form of
assessment
13. Clip Art
http://www.learning-theories.com/constructivism.html
http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/co/Constructivism
http://www.answers.com/topic/constructivism-learning-theory
http://online.sfsu.edu/~foreman/itec800/finalprojects/eitankapl
an/pages/home.htm
http://www.funderstanding.com/theory/constructivism/
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