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Jessica
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3.  Jean Piaget: Came up with four cognitive stages: 1. Sensorimotor- learning
through the senses. 2. Preoperational- children begin using symbols and
images. 3. concrete operational- begin to think logically. 4. formal
operational- being thinking more abstract.
 Jerome Bruner: believes that constructivist learners are participatory learners
and that „cognition‟ suggests that people learn through different intellectual
stages.
 Lev Vygotsky: developed social cognition, which means that he believes
that learning is influenced by social development. He also said that children
have a zone of proximal development. Lastly, he believes that teachers
should discover the level of each children‟s cognitive/social development
and build off of that, which is called scaffolding.
 John Dewey: He believed that student learning is student directed and the
teacher is just there to guide. He was part of two movements: progressive
education and pragmatism. He founded multiple schools.

5. • By reflecting on our own experiences, we build an interpretation of the world
we live in
• Individual learner constructs knowledge for his/her self by relating information
to prior experiences/knowledge.
• Purpose for learning is for individual to construct their own meaning (not just
memorize the right answer)
• Fosters critical thinking, promotes logical and conceptual growth, develops
analytical skills
• students should be exposed to data, primary sources, and the ability to
interact with other students so that they can learn from the incorporation of
their experiences
• Learning is an active process as opposed to a passive one

6. •Assimilation-incorporate new experiences with previous ones; individuals
develop new outlooks, clarify misconceptions and evaluate what is
important to alter prior perceptions
•Accommodation- process of altering existing knowledge and ideas to
process, categorize, and store new information
Individual perception varies greatly
among people

7. • Teacher is more of a facilitator to the
students, enabling them to construct their
own knowledge
• Pedagogy shifts from teacher-centered to
student centered.
• Rather than lecture and have students
memorize and recite information, the
teacher should ask thought-provoking
questions for students to respond to
(develops critical thinking)
• Teacher provides to the students an
environment plentiful in data, sources of
information, and the opportunity to interact
Bloom‟s Taxonomy Model with other students which will encourage
(image source: students to find solutions and make deeper
www.odu.edu) connections with the material.
• The teacher constructs lesson to address
higher order thinking based on Bloom‟s
Taxonomy (Applying, Analyzing, Evaluating,
and Creating)

8. • Internet is a very valuable tool for teachers to introduce constructivist
learning theory application into the classroom.
• Many possibilities exist such as:
• Math programs that allow students to manipulate shapes from 2D
and 3D forms for a better understanding of geometry
• Demonstrations of mathematical or scientific experiments that may
otherwise not be possible to facilitate in the classroom
• Online open forums containing real-life problems that students can
devise solutions for (independently or collaboratively)
• Videos of scientific material such as life processes, components of the
human body, chemical reactions, the metabolic process, and so on
to further develop the comprehension

9. I think that students are better off if they learn many different ways
when they are young. By doing so, they can find out which way is best
for them and what works.

10. I think the philosophy behind constructivism is crucial to the
learning environment because it encourages students to think for
themselves. So much of the information I was taught in school is
based on memorization—which only works for a small segment of
students. In this day and age students are surrounded with
information from all different sources and I think it is important for
them to evaluate, analyze, interpret, and form their own opinions
as opposed to just “going along with it”. The key benefit to
associating information with a student‟s own real life experiences is
that they are creating a deeper understanding of the material.

11. Today‟s Technology is Changing so fast, what we learn
today will be all but obsolete tomorrow. If we don‟t stay on
top of the changes you can be left behind. The sooner we
teach children the trends and they learn how these changes
impact their learning, the sooner they will be teaching us.

12. http://www.teach-nology.com/currenttrends/constructivism
http://www.funderstanding.com/theory/constructivism
http://constructivisminelt.wikispaces.com/file/view/M13-1c2.jpg/334445146/M13-1c2.jpg
http://www.teach-nology.com/currenttrends/constructivism/and_technology
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