This document is a presentation on social constructivist approaches. It discusses key aspects of social constructivism including its definition as emphasizing socially constructed knowledge and the situated cognition perspective. Examples of tools for social constructivism include scaffolding, cognitive apprenticeship, tutoring, and cooperative learning. The presentation provides an overview of social constructivism in the context of educational psychology and compares it to Piaget's cognitive constructivism theory.

1. Faculty of Education, University
of Sindh,
PRESENTATION TOPIC
“SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVIST
APPROACHES”
SUBMITTED TO: SIR IFTEKHAR JAFRI
PRESENTED BY: MOMINA MUSSARAT ALI
M.PHILL (EDUCATION) ROLL#21
SUBJECT:ED-802 PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE &
ISSUES IN EDUCATION
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2. CONTENT LIST
•INTRODUCTION OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM:
•DEFINITION OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM:
•SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM IN BROADER
CONTEXT:
•SITUATED COGNITION:
•TOOLS FOR SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM:
•TECHNIQUES FOR CO;OPERATIVE LEARNING:
•CONCLUSION:
•REFRENCES.
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3. SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACHES,
DOMAIN-SPECIFIC APPROACHES &
TEACHING
INTRODUCTION:
Social constructivist approach related to the
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES.
In broader sense,To draw something in figurative
sense.
In the field of Educational psychology there are
two main approaches,BEHAVIOURAL APPROACH ,
AND COGNITIVE APPROACH. Where the social
constructive Approach belongs to cognitive
approach of educational psychology .
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4. DEFINITION:
Social constructivist approach emphasize the
social contexts of learning and idea that knowledge
is mutually built and constructed . Involvement
with others creates opportunity for students to
evaluate and refine their understanding as they are
exposed to the thinking of others and as they
participates creating shared understanding.
(Gauvain & Parke ,2010)
In this way, experiences in social contexts provide
an important mechanism for the development of
students thinking.
(Johson & Johson ,2010)
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5. SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM IN THE
BROADER CONSTRUCTIVIST CONTEXT:
There are two theories related to constructivism in the field
of educational psychology .
a)VYGOTSKY’S SOCIAL THEORY.
b)PIAGET’S COGNITIVE CONSTRUCTIVISM THEORY.
Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s theories are constructivist . Piaget’s
theory is a cognitive constructivist theory, where as Vygotsky’s is a
social construcivist . The implication of Vygotsky’s model for teaching is
to establish opportunities for students to learn through social
interactions with others – with the teacher and peers – in constructing
knowledge and understanding . In Piaget’s view , students construct
knowledge by transforming , organizing and reorganizing previous
knowledge and information . In both Piaget’s & Vygotsky’s models ,
teachers are facilitator not director .Distinctions between cognitive and
social constructivist approaches are not always clear – cut . All social
constructivist approaches emphasize that social factors contribute to
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6. SITUATED COGNITION:
Situated cognition is an important
assumption in the social constructivist
approaches .
It refers to the idea that thinking occurs (is
situated) in social and physical contexts . In other
words , knowledge is embedded in , and connected
to the context in which the knowledge
developed(langer , 2009). If this is so , it makes
sense to create learning situations that are as close
to real world circumstances as possible .
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7. FOR EXAMPLE:
“Problem –Based learning & Project –
Based learning”
These two methods emphasis on situated cognition
To expand student’s knowledge and understanding
of volcanos , some students are placed in the role
of scientists studying an active volcano , while
other students are given the task of reporting what
to expect to an emergency evacuation team .Using
internet resources , the “scientists” students
examine new stories about active volcanos; the
“evacuation team” students search for information
about the impact that volcanos have no
inhabitants and how they can be removed from
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8. TOOLS FOR SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVIST
APPROACHES:
Social constructivist approaches emphasize that
teachers and peers can contribute to students
learning .
Four tools for making this happen are scaffolding ,
cognitive apprenticeship , tutoring and co-operative
learning.
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10. CO-OPERATIVE LEARNING APPROACHES:
Following are some recent techniques….
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11. CONCLUSION:
Social constructivist approach can be implemented
in the class by various techniques which were
discussed above by developing groups in the class.
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12. REFERENCES:
•Santrock , J.w.(2001) EDUCATIONAL
PSYCHOLOGY.
•Hardman , M. L., Drew , C. j ., & Egan , M. W.
(2002).
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