Constructivism

CONSTRUCTIVIST

LEARNING

THEORY

Ruth Quinn, Elvina MoonienJeff Powell, Sarah-Jane Marshall

Rodchenko http://tinyurl.com/pedukvl

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active

meaning

making

A CLASSIC DEBATE

Max Webertinyurl.com/kbl4u7t

Emile Durkheimtinyurl.com/ol372lc

EAST MEETS WEST

Socratestinyurl.com/ohjcodd

Lao Tzuen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laozi

Immanuel Kanten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant

CONTEMPORARY

DEVELOPMENT

John Deweytinyurl.com/oh5q44a

Lev Vygotskytinyurl.com/6y5z6rj

Jean Piagettinyurl.com/nl3x76u

MATERIAL CONTEXT

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wiki/Natural_selection

wiki/Bauhaus

VIEW OF LEARNING

1. Top-Down Processing

2. Cooperative Learning

3. Discovery Learning

4. Self-Regulated Learning

Scaffolding

FEATURES OF

CONSTRUCTIVISM

KEY FEATURES

• Collaborative and cooperative

learning are favoured in order to

expose the learner to alternative

viewpoints.

• Knowledge construction through

collaborative learning and from

past experiences

KEY FEATURES

• Aims and objectives are derived by

students and teachers through a

negotiation process

• Learning is seen as an active

process

• Help to develop lifelong learning

THE 5 E’S

1. Engage

2. Explore

3. Explain

4. Elaborate

5. Evaluate

http://www.miamisci.org/ph/lpintro5e.html

USING THE MODEL

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back pain?

1. Engage – bring knowledge together

2. Explore – bring experience together

NEXT STEPS

3. Explain - put thoughts into a

communicable

4. Elaborate - consider other factors

5. Evaluate - …

AND EVALUATE….

5. Evaluate

• Ongoing evaluation

• Assessment / evaluation tools

• Revisit the topic

IN THIS SITUATION

• good teaching model in small

groups

• students build own management

plans

• evaluate throughout

• useful for many tutorial topics

BENEFITS

Constructivist teaching...

...focuses on transferable skills

...and gives students

ownership of learning

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BENEFITS

Students…

...learn to question

things

…..gain communication

and social skills

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auditory-kinesthetic-words-effective-effective-communication/

CHALLENGES

Constructivist teaching…

…requires costly training

……lacks structure

Source:

http://www.spindizzynews.org/newspaper411/

Source:

http://bayintegratedmarketing.wordpress.com/2012/05

/18/office-management-tips-to-control-chaos/

CHALLENGES

Students…

…lack direction

……can fall behind

Source:

http://ladyscribes.blogspot.co.uk/

Source: http://mentalfaculties.wordpress.com/

REFERENCES

Concept to classroomwww.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/constructivism/index_sub4.html

Philosophy basicshttp://www.philosophybasics.com/branch_constructivism.html

Chadwick, C. (2004). Why I Am Not a Constructivist. Educational Technology, 44(5), 46-49.

Pritchard, A. and Woolard, J. (2010) Psychology for the classroom: Constructivism and Social Learning, Routledge.

Twomey, Fosnot, C. (2005) Constructivism: Theory, Perspectives and Practice, Teacher’s College Press.