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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