2. BEFORE WE BEGIN How do you learn? How do you come to
understand something new? Write on a piece of paper and add more as
we go along today. Keep the list running. 3. CONSTRUCTIVISM IS A
learning theory A theory of how people gain knowledge Based on
observation and scientific study and supported by decades of
research 4. BELIEFS OF CONSTRUCTIVISM People build or construct
their own understanding, knowledge and learning. (clay) People
learn best by a repeated and active process of experience and
reflection. When people come across new information, they have to
figure out how and where it fits in or does not fit in with their
existing knowledge. People are active creators of their own
knowledge. To do this, they must ask questions, explore, and assess
their own knowledge. 5. CONSTRUCTIVISM IS NOT And. 6. AND IS
CERTAINLY NOT Sheldon Teaching Penny Physics 7. WHAT ARE SOME OF
ITS COMPONENTS? Construction Activity Reflection Collaboration
Inquiry Emerging Quality 8. THE WHOS WHO OF CONSTRUCTIVISM Early
Thinkers 9. CONFUCIUS Learning without reflection is a waste,
reflection without learning is dangerous. 10. SOCRATES He asked
directed questions that led his students to realize for themselves
the weaknesses in their thinking. 11. THE WHOS WHO OF
CONSTRUCTIVISM 20th Century Big Names 12. JEAN PIAGET Swiss-born
professor of psychology and sociology, How does knowledge grow?
Found humans learn through the construction of Progressively
complex logical structures, from infancy through to adulthood. His
work is considered the foundation of Constructivism. 13. JOHN DEWEY
American philosopher and educator Rejected authoritarian teaching
techniques and worked to change pedagogy and curriculum. Dewey
called for education to be grounded in real experience. Inquiry is
a key part of constructivist learning. 14. THE WHOS WHO OF
CONSTRUCTIVISM 20th Century Other Thinkers and Contributors (just
to name a few!) 15. MARIA MONTESSORI First woman to attend medical
school in Italy and to achieve Doctor of Medicine. Through her work
with handicapped and socially deprived children, she developed her
educational method and found it to be applicable to all children.
She has had an impact on the field of education. Piaget received
Montessori training and even the head of the Swiss Montessori
Society and was the director at a modified Montessori school. 16.
LEV VYGOTSKY A prominent Russian scholar Founded a psychological
laboratory in the Teacher Training Institute. Vygotsky proposed a
theory of cognitive development that emphasized the underlying
process of development. He examined the relationship between the
cognitive process and the subject's social activities, Vygotsky
introduced the social aspect of learning into constructivism. 17.
JEROME BRUNER An American psychologist Emphasized the student's
active role in the learning process. Asserted that the learner
formulates hypotheses, constructs new ideas, and selects
information that is integrated into existing knowledge and
experience. Advocates teaching activities that allow students to
discover and construct knowledge. 18. WHAT THE CRITICS SAY: It
works with more privileged populations. Leads to "group think.
There is not enough hard evidence that methods aligned with
constructivism work. 19. CLOSING Your lists Beliefs of
Constructivism Questions Thank You 20. REFERENCES Tracey, Diane H.,
and Lesley Mandel Morrow. Lenses on reading: An introduction to
theories and models. Guilford Publications, 2012.
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