Constructivist Teaching Strategies

Constructivist Teaching Strategies
An Audio Comment on Beyond the Bird Unit by Jennifer Robins

Basis of Beyond the Bird Unit
Using Constructivist Teaching Strategies to Enrich Lessons that go Beyond the Bird Unit
Problem-Based Learning
Inquiry-Based Learning
Project-Based Learning
Combining Strategies
The Problem with the Bird Units
Librarians did the work for the students
Students did not engage with the information
Students were not challenged to make their own inquiries
Preference for imposed questions instead of student generated questions
Enrich Learning through School Library Use
Curriculum Standards
Teacher and Teacher-Library Collaborations
Constructivist Teaching Issues:
motivation
social learning
problem solving
establishing credibility
assessment

References
Robins, J. (2005). Beyond the bird unit. Teacher Librarian, 33(2), 8-19. http://search.ebscohost.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org