2. Key Elements of Contructivist
approach:
a.) the teacher create the learning
environment
b.) the teacher give students the tools
and facilities
c.) the teacher facilitates learning
4. I. Resource based
projects
General• flow of events:
the teacher determines
the topic for the
examination of the class.
• the teacher presents the
problem to the class.
• the students find
information on the
problem/ questions.
• Students organize their
5. • The inquiry based
or discovery
approach is given
importance in
resource based
projects. This
requires that the
students,
individually or
6. Traditional learning model
Resource based learning model
Teacher is expert and information provider
Teacher is a guide and facilitator
Textbooks is key source of information
Source are varied .
Video, print, internet, etc.
Focus on facts
Information is packaged in neat parcels
Focus on learning inquiry / quest/ discovery
The product is the be all and end all of
learning
Emphasis on process
Assessment is quantitative
Assessment is quantitative and qualitative
7. • In developing software,
creativity as an outcome
should not be equated with
ingenuity or high
intelligence. Creating is
more consonant with
planning, making,
assembling, designing or
building.
8. II. Simple Creations
• Three kinds of
skills/abilities………
…..
1. Analyzing
2. synthesizing
3. promoting
10. IV. Web based
projects
• Students can be made to create
and post websites on a given
topic. But creating webpage's,
even single page webpage's, may
be to sophisticated and time
consuming for the average
student.