Constructivism is a learning theory that suggests students actively construct their own understanding and knowledge through experiences and reflecting on those experiences. Key aspects include students learning by doing rather than passively receiving information, and the idea that knowledge is constructed rather than innate or passively absorbed. Major advocates include Piaget, Bruner, Vygotsky, and Dewey. In a constructivist classroom, students would interact with knowledge through experimentation, inquiry, and technology to actively build their own understanding.

1. Constructivism
Jalisa Johnson

2. Index
• History
• Advocates
• At Work

3. History
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4. History
• A teacher directed or
lecture themed
instruction model
• Students must learn
by doing
• Learner ‘constructs’
their own
understanding
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5. 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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6. Advocates
• Jean Piaget
• Jerome Bruner
• Lev Vygotsky
• John Dewey
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7. 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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8. 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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9. At Work...
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10. 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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11. 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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12. Citations
• http://ecavey.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/sc.png
• http://www.notablebiographies.com/images/uewb_08_img0554.jpg
• http://www.charlesayoub.com/news/public/uploads/images/69039714988321064.jpg
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• http://www.clker.com/cliparts/c/b/b/e/11954217511527806368hammer_david_benjamin_01.svg.m
• http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Education/Pix/pictures/2010/3/30/1269945909397/Experime
• 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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