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Raymond M. Ferrer
What is constructivism?
 Constructivism is basically a theory -- based
on observation and scientific study -- about
how people learn. It says that people
construct their own understanding and
knowledge of the world, through
experiencing things and reflecting on those
experiences.
Jerome Bruner
 learning is an active process in
which learners construct new
ideas or concepts based upon
their current/past knowledge.
John Dewey
 Constructivists believes people
actively learn from their
environment by reflecting on the
experiences around them.
Lev Vygotsky
 a Russian psychologist and philosopher in the
1930's, is most often associated with the
social constructivist theory. He emphasizes
the influences of cultural and social contexts
in learning and supports a discovery model of
learning. This type of model places the
teacher in an active role while the students'
mental abilities develop naturally through
various paths of discovery.
Jean Piaget
• Cognitive constructivism is based on two
different senses of construction. First, on the
idea that people learn by actively
constructing new knowledge, not by having
information poured into their heads.
Moreover, constructivism asserts that people
learn with particular effectiveness when they
are engaged in constructing personally
meaningful artifacts (e.g. computer
programs, animations).
Jacqueline Grennon Brooks
“As long as there were people asking
each other questions, we had bad
constructivist classrooms.
Constructivism the study of learning,
is about how we all make sense of
our world, that really hasn’t
changed”
-Jacqueline Grennon Brooks 1919
CONCEPT TO CLASSROOM INTERVIEW
What does constructivism have to
do with my classroom?
 As is the case with many of the current/popular paradigms, you're
probably already using the constructivist approach to some degree.
Constructivist teachers pose questions and problems, then guide
students to help them find their own answers. They use many
techniques in the teaching process. For example, they may:
 prompt students to formulate their own questions (inquiry)
 allow multiple interpretations and expressions of learning (multiple
intelligences)
 encourage group work and the use of peers as resources
(collaborative learning)
 More information on the above processes is covered in other
workshops in this series. For now, it's important to realize that the
constructivist approach borrows from many other practices in the
pursuit of its primary goal: helping students learn HOW TO LEARN.
In a constructivist
classroom, learning
is . . .
Constructed
 Students are not blank slates upon which knowledge is etched.
They come to learning situations with already formulated
knowledge, ideas, and understandings. This previous
knowledge is the raw material for the new knowledge they will
create.
Example: An elementary school teacher presents a class
problem to measure the length of the "Mayflower." Rather than
starting the problem by introducing the ruler, the teacher allows
students to reflect and to construct their own methods of
measurement. One student offers the knowledge that a doctor
said he is four feet tall. Another says she knows horses are
measured in "hands." The students discuss these and other
methods they have heard about, and decide on one to apply to
the problem.
Active
 The student is the person who creates new understanding for
him/herself. The teacher coaches, moderates, suggests, but allows
the students room to experiment, ask questions, try things that
don't work. Learning activities require the students' full participation
(like hands-on experiments). An important part of the learning
process is that students reflect on, and talk about, their activities.
Students also help set their own goals and means of assessment.
 Example: In a history class, asking students to read and think about
different versions of and perspectives on "history" can lead to
interesting discussions. Is history as taught in textbooks accurate?
Are there different versions of the same history? Whose version of
history is most accurate? How do we know? From there, students
can make their own judgments.
Reflective
 Students control their own learning process, and they lead the way
by reflecting on their experiences. This process makes them experts
of their own learning. The teacher helps create situations where the
students feel safe questioning and reflecting on their own processes,
either privately or in group discussions. The teacher should also
create activities that lead the student to reflect on his or her prior
knowledge and experiences. Talking about what was learned and
how it was learned is really important.
Example: Students keep journals in a writing class where they record
how they felt about the class projects, the visual and verbal reactions
of others to the project, and how they felt their own writing had
changed. Periodically the teacher reads these journals and holds a
conference with the student where the two assess (1) what new
knowledge the student has created, (2) how the student learns best,
and (3) the learning environment and the teacher's role in it.
Collaborative
 Students control their own learning process, and they lead the way
by reflecting on their experiences. This process makes them experts
of their own learning. The teacher helps create situations where the
students feel safe questioning and reflecting on their own processes,
either privately or in group discussions. The teacher should also
create activities that lead the student to reflect on his or her prior
knowledge and experiences. Talking about what was learned and
how it was learned is really important.
Example: Students keep journals in a writing class where they record
how they felt about the class projects, the visual and verbal reactions
of others to the project, and how they felt their own writing had
changed. Periodically the teacher reads these journals and holds a
conference with the student where the two assess (1) what new
knowledge the student has created, (2) how the student learns best,
and (3) the learning environment and the teacher's role in it.
Inquiry based
 The main activity in a constructivist classroom is solving problems.
Students use inquiry methods to ask questions, investigate a topic,
and use a variety of resources to find solutions and answers. As
students explore the topic, they draw conclusions, and, as
exploration continues, they revisit those conclusions. Exploration of
questions leads to more questions
 Example: Sixth graders figuring out how to purify water investigate
solutions ranging from coffee-filter paper, to a stove-top distillation
apparatus, to piles of charcoal, to an abstract mathematical solution
based on the size of a water molecule. Depending upon students'
responses, the teacher encourages abstract as well as concrete,
poetic as well as practical, creations of new knowledge.
Evolving
 Students have ideas that they may later see were
invalid, incorrect, or insufficient to explain new
experiences. These ideas are temporary steps in the
integration of knowledge. For instance, a child may
believe that all trees lose their leaves in the fall, until
she visits an evergreen forest. Constructivist
teaching takes into account students' current
conceptions and builds from there.
What happens when a student gets a new piece of
information? The constructivist model says that the
student compares the information to the knowledge
and understanding he/she already has, and one of
three things can occur:
 The new information matches up with his
previous knowledge pretty well so the
student adds it to his understanding. It
may take some work, but it's just a matter
of finding the right fit, as with a puzzle
piece.
 The information doesn't match previous
knowledge . The student has to change
her previous understanding to find a fit for
the information. This can be harder work.
 The information doesn't match previous
knowledge, and it is ignored. Rejected bits
of information may just not be absorbed
by the student. Or they may float around,
waiting for the day when the student's
understanding has developed and permits
a fit
 .Example: An elementary teacher believes her students are
ready to study gravity. She creates an environment of
discovery with objects of varying kinds. Students explore the
differences in weight among similarly sized blocks of
Styrofoam, wood, and lead. Some students hold the notion
that heavier objects fall faster than light ones. The teacher
provides materials (stories, posters, and videos) about Galileo,
Newton, etc. She leads a discussion on theories about falling.
The students then replicate Galileo's experiment by dropping
objects of different weights and measuring how fast they fall.
They see that objects of different weights actually usually fall
at the same speed, although surface area and aerodynamic
properties can affect the rate of fall
What are the benefits of
constructivism?
 Children learn more, and enjoy learning more
when they are actively involved, rather than
passive listeners.
 Education works best when it concentrates
on thinking and understanding, rather than
on rote memorization. Constructivism
concentrates on learning how to think and
understand.
 Constructivist learning is transferable. In constructivist
classrooms, students create organizing principles that they
can take with them to other learning settings.
 Constructivism gives students ownership of what they learn,
since learning is based on students' questions and
explorations, and often the students have a hand in designing
the assessments as well. Constructivist assessment engages
the students' initiatives and personal investments in their
journals, research reports, physical models, and artistic
representations. Engaging the creative instincts develops
students' abilities to express knowledge through a variety of
ways. The students are also more likely to retain and transfer
the new knowledge to real life.
 By grounding learning activities in an authentic, real-world
context, constructivism stimulates and engages students.
Students in constructivist classrooms learn to question things
and to apply their natural curiosity to the world.
 Constructivism promotes social and communication skills by
creating a classroom environment that emphasizes collaboration
and exchange of ideas. Students must learn how to articulate
their ideas clearly as well as to collaborate on tasks effectively by
sharing in group projects. Students must therefore exchange
ideas and so must learn to "negotiate" with others and to
evaluate their contributions in a socially acceptable manner. This
is essential to success in the real world, since they will always be
exposed to a variety of experiences in which they will have to
cooperate and navigate among the ideas of others

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Constructivism 4

  • 2. What is constructivism?  Constructivism is basically a theory -- based on observation and scientific study -- about how people learn. It says that people construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world, through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences.
  • 3. Jerome Bruner  learning is an active process in which learners construct new ideas or concepts based upon their current/past knowledge.
  • 4. John Dewey  Constructivists believes people actively learn from their environment by reflecting on the experiences around them.
  • 5. Lev Vygotsky  a Russian psychologist and philosopher in the 1930's, is most often associated with the social constructivist theory. He emphasizes the influences of cultural and social contexts in learning and supports a discovery model of learning. This type of model places the teacher in an active role while the students' mental abilities develop naturally through various paths of discovery.
  • 6. Jean Piaget • Cognitive constructivism is based on two different senses of construction. First, on the idea that people learn by actively constructing new knowledge, not by having information poured into their heads. Moreover, constructivism asserts that people learn with particular effectiveness when they are engaged in constructing personally meaningful artifacts (e.g. computer programs, animations).
  • 7. Jacqueline Grennon Brooks “As long as there were people asking each other questions, we had bad constructivist classrooms. Constructivism the study of learning, is about how we all make sense of our world, that really hasn’t changed” -Jacqueline Grennon Brooks 1919 CONCEPT TO CLASSROOM INTERVIEW
  • 8. What does constructivism have to do with my classroom?  As is the case with many of the current/popular paradigms, you're probably already using the constructivist approach to some degree. Constructivist teachers pose questions and problems, then guide students to help them find their own answers. They use many techniques in the teaching process. For example, they may:  prompt students to formulate their own questions (inquiry)  allow multiple interpretations and expressions of learning (multiple intelligences)  encourage group work and the use of peers as resources (collaborative learning)  More information on the above processes is covered in other workshops in this series. For now, it's important to realize that the constructivist approach borrows from many other practices in the pursuit of its primary goal: helping students learn HOW TO LEARN.
  • 9. In a constructivist classroom, learning is . . .
  • 10. Constructed  Students are not blank slates upon which knowledge is etched. They come to learning situations with already formulated knowledge, ideas, and understandings. This previous knowledge is the raw material for the new knowledge they will create. Example: An elementary school teacher presents a class problem to measure the length of the "Mayflower." Rather than starting the problem by introducing the ruler, the teacher allows students to reflect and to construct their own methods of measurement. One student offers the knowledge that a doctor said he is four feet tall. Another says she knows horses are measured in "hands." The students discuss these and other methods they have heard about, and decide on one to apply to the problem.
  • 11. Active  The student is the person who creates new understanding for him/herself. The teacher coaches, moderates, suggests, but allows the students room to experiment, ask questions, try things that don't work. Learning activities require the students' full participation (like hands-on experiments). An important part of the learning process is that students reflect on, and talk about, their activities. Students also help set their own goals and means of assessment.  Example: In a history class, asking students to read and think about different versions of and perspectives on "history" can lead to interesting discussions. Is history as taught in textbooks accurate? Are there different versions of the same history? Whose version of history is most accurate? How do we know? From there, students can make their own judgments.
  • 12. Reflective  Students control their own learning process, and they lead the way by reflecting on their experiences. This process makes them experts of their own learning. The teacher helps create situations where the students feel safe questioning and reflecting on their own processes, either privately or in group discussions. The teacher should also create activities that lead the student to reflect on his or her prior knowledge and experiences. Talking about what was learned and how it was learned is really important. Example: Students keep journals in a writing class where they record how they felt about the class projects, the visual and verbal reactions of others to the project, and how they felt their own writing had changed. Periodically the teacher reads these journals and holds a conference with the student where the two assess (1) what new knowledge the student has created, (2) how the student learns best, and (3) the learning environment and the teacher's role in it.
  • 13. Collaborative  Students control their own learning process, and they lead the way by reflecting on their experiences. This process makes them experts of their own learning. The teacher helps create situations where the students feel safe questioning and reflecting on their own processes, either privately or in group discussions. The teacher should also create activities that lead the student to reflect on his or her prior knowledge and experiences. Talking about what was learned and how it was learned is really important. Example: Students keep journals in a writing class where they record how they felt about the class projects, the visual and verbal reactions of others to the project, and how they felt their own writing had changed. Periodically the teacher reads these journals and holds a conference with the student where the two assess (1) what new knowledge the student has created, (2) how the student learns best, and (3) the learning environment and the teacher's role in it.
  • 14. Inquiry based  The main activity in a constructivist classroom is solving problems. Students use inquiry methods to ask questions, investigate a topic, and use a variety of resources to find solutions and answers. As students explore the topic, they draw conclusions, and, as exploration continues, they revisit those conclusions. Exploration of questions leads to more questions  Example: Sixth graders figuring out how to purify water investigate solutions ranging from coffee-filter paper, to a stove-top distillation apparatus, to piles of charcoal, to an abstract mathematical solution based on the size of a water molecule. Depending upon students' responses, the teacher encourages abstract as well as concrete, poetic as well as practical, creations of new knowledge.
  • 15. Evolving  Students have ideas that they may later see were invalid, incorrect, or insufficient to explain new experiences. These ideas are temporary steps in the integration of knowledge. For instance, a child may believe that all trees lose their leaves in the fall, until she visits an evergreen forest. Constructivist teaching takes into account students' current conceptions and builds from there. What happens when a student gets a new piece of information? The constructivist model says that the student compares the information to the knowledge and understanding he/she already has, and one of three things can occur:
  • 16.  The new information matches up with his previous knowledge pretty well so the student adds it to his understanding. It may take some work, but it's just a matter of finding the right fit, as with a puzzle piece.
  • 17.  The information doesn't match previous knowledge . The student has to change her previous understanding to find a fit for the information. This can be harder work.
  • 18.  The information doesn't match previous knowledge, and it is ignored. Rejected bits of information may just not be absorbed by the student. Or they may float around, waiting for the day when the student's understanding has developed and permits a fit
  • 19.  .Example: An elementary teacher believes her students are ready to study gravity. She creates an environment of discovery with objects of varying kinds. Students explore the differences in weight among similarly sized blocks of Styrofoam, wood, and lead. Some students hold the notion that heavier objects fall faster than light ones. The teacher provides materials (stories, posters, and videos) about Galileo, Newton, etc. She leads a discussion on theories about falling. The students then replicate Galileo's experiment by dropping objects of different weights and measuring how fast they fall. They see that objects of different weights actually usually fall at the same speed, although surface area and aerodynamic properties can affect the rate of fall
  • 20. What are the benefits of constructivism?  Children learn more, and enjoy learning more when they are actively involved, rather than passive listeners.  Education works best when it concentrates on thinking and understanding, rather than on rote memorization. Constructivism concentrates on learning how to think and understand.
  • 21.  Constructivist learning is transferable. In constructivist classrooms, students create organizing principles that they can take with them to other learning settings.  Constructivism gives students ownership of what they learn, since learning is based on students' questions and explorations, and often the students have a hand in designing the assessments as well. Constructivist assessment engages the students' initiatives and personal investments in their journals, research reports, physical models, and artistic representations. Engaging the creative instincts develops students' abilities to express knowledge through a variety of ways. The students are also more likely to retain and transfer the new knowledge to real life.
  • 22.  By grounding learning activities in an authentic, real-world context, constructivism stimulates and engages students. Students in constructivist classrooms learn to question things and to apply their natural curiosity to the world.  Constructivism promotes social and communication skills by creating a classroom environment that emphasizes collaboration and exchange of ideas. Students must learn how to articulate their ideas clearly as well as to collaborate on tasks effectively by sharing in group projects. Students must therefore exchange ideas and so must learn to "negotiate" with others and to evaluate their contributions in a socially acceptable manner. This is essential to success in the real world, since they will always be exposed to a variety of experiences in which they will have to cooperate and navigate among the ideas of others