This document discusses constructivism as an educational theory. It outlines key figures in constructivism such as Piaget, Bruner, and Vygotsky and their beliefs about how learning occurs through experiences and social interactions. The document also discusses implications of constructivism for the classroom, including having students engage in hands-on, interactive learning and encouraging reflection, collaboration, and questioning. Teachers should facilitate learning through student experiences rather than direct instruction. Technology can support constructivist learning by enabling students to learn through their own experiences.

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Constructivisim
Morgan

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Key People
 Jean Piaget-defined four
cognitive stages: sensorimotor,
preoperational, concrete
operational, formal operational.
 His theory supports the use
and integration of technology
because it supplies to reach a
diverse population of learners
with different learning styles.
 Jerome Bruner-proposed that
learning is an active process in
which the learner constructs new
ideas or concepts based on his
current or past knowledge.

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Key People Continued
Lev Vygotsky-developed social cognition.
 He believed that learning was influenced significantly by social
development.
 He thought children should work collaboratively.
 John Dewey-believed that learning should engage and expand
the experiences of the learners.

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Key Points
 Constructivism is based on a type of learning in which the
learner forms, or constructs, much of what he or she
comprehends.
 The learning that a child does comes from their experiences
and reflecting on their own experiences.
 Children should be constructed, active, reflective, collaborative,
inquiry based, and evolving.

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Classroom Implications
 Under constructivism, teachers
have the students do interactive
work where they can learn from
their experiences rather than a
teacher constantly preaching to
them.
 Teachers should prompt children
to form their own questions, allow
different interpretations of
learning, and encourage group
work.
 Technology is a perfect way for
children to learn through their
own experiences.

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Classroom Implications Continued
 For children, learning through
the constructivism theory is
viewed as fun.
 Children prefer doing projects
and interactive learning rather
than conventional learning.
 The child would be assigned a
project to do to learn about a
topic, but the child would learn
through the experience of doing
the topic and would have time
to reflect on the experience.

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 I, Personally believe that the constructivism theory is an
important part of teaching.
 From what I have observed so far in my teaching classes,
children seem to learn more from having the ability to be hands
on with learning.
 When children learn through experiences it seems that they
retain the information better because they actually enjoy the
process of learning when it is unconventional.
 I will be applying this theory in my classroom with many lesson
plans.

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Works Cited
 Key People Slide- for Picture
 Classroom Implications Slide
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