Constructivist teaching is an approach to education that believes students learn best when they actively participate in the learning process. It focuses on helping students build their own understanding of knowledge through hands-on activities, exploration, and collaboration. Instead of simply absorbing information, students are encouraged to ask questions, think critically, and discover new ideas. In
constructivist teaching, the teacher acts as a facilitator, guiding students and providing support as they construct their own meaning and develop lifelong learning skills.
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If you believe
in constructivist teaching, aka you are on the same page as Piaget, then you'll think that rather than telling the kids how the coefficients m and c translate a straight line on a graph, they should work it out for themselves through a structured investigation and self - discovery.
Some researchers have looked at this problem by investigating the role of using nonconstructivist teacher education practices to
promote constructivist teaching approaches in teacher education graduates.
It is being proposed that teacher educators assist in the development of
constructivist teaching by providing preservice teachers with such technology tools as the Interactive Lesson Planner and coaching during the instructional planning process.
Finding few resources at the time on instructional coaching, administrators cobbled together books by various authors and scheduled visits from experts to train the coaches on digital age literacy and
constructivist teaching (which actively involves students in constructing, not absorbing, knowledge, and building on what they already know).
Of course, as with
all constructivist teaching, there may well be a mismatch between what's learned in a WebQuest and what's measured on standardized tests.
This type of learning experience follows Vygotsky's (1978) suggestion that
constructivist teaching can be a social activity that involves «problem solving under [teacher] guidance» (p. 86).
Klein (1997) noted that when preservice teachers are learning to teach with a constructivist approach, they may use words that represent
constructivist teaching, but they often fail to demonstrate the ability to apply the constructivist teaching strategies.
This type of learning experience follows Vygotsky's (1978) suggestion that
constructivist teaching can be a social activity that involves «problem solving under [teacher] guidance or collaboration with more capable peers» (p. 86).
Linda specializes in Inquiry - based /
constructivist teaching that works.