2. Jerome Bruner
• Believed that learning was a
participatory process.
• Advocated that the teacher’s
role should be to encourage
curiosity and exploration.
• Students, with the help of their
teacher, should build upon what
they already know.
3. Lev Vygotsky
• Developed Social Cognition
because of his interest in
children’s cognitive
development.
• Believed that students should
work collaboratively to share
different ideas and to negotiate.
4. John Dewey
• An advocate for child centered
instruction.
• Believed that learning was a
social process.
• Created the Laboratory School
in 1896.
• Also associated with
Progressive Education and
Pragmatism.
5. Jean Piaget
• Believed that children were
active learners who did not
need motivation from adults to
learn.
• Advocated that children learned
differently than adult.
6. Key points of the theory
Constructivism teaches that students learn by doing.
Students actively participate in the learning process;
therefore, the learning process is hands-on.
7.
8. What the teacher does under this
theory (with and without technology)
With Technology
Without Technology
Create Web Quests
Develop a spiral curriculum.
Utilizing Educational Video
Games in the Classroom
Organize Students into
Collaborative Learning Groups
9. What the students do under this
theory (with and without technology)
With Technology
Web Quests
Play educational video games
Using digital media and the
internet to research
information .
Without Technology
Participate in scavenger and
treasure hunts
10. Content Credits
Shelly, Gary B., Glenda A. Gunter, and Randolph E.
Gunter. "Learning Theories and Educational
Research." Teachers Discovering Computers:
Integrating Technology in a Connected World. Boston:
Cengage Learning, 2012. 266-80. Print.
