constructivism
TRANSCRIPT
CONSTRUCTIVIST
LEARNING
THEORY
Ruth Quinn, Elvina MoonienJeff Powell, Sarah-Jane Marshall
Rodchenko http://tinyurl.com/pedukvl
KƏNˈSTRɅKTɪVɪZ(Ə)M
active
meaning
making
A CLASSIC DEBATE
Max Webertinyurl.com/kbl4u7t
Emile Durkheimtinyurl.com/ol372lc
EAST MEETS WEST
Socratestinyurl.com/ohjcodd
Lao Tzuen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laozi
Immanuel Kanten.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant
CONTEMPORARY
DEVELOPMENT
John Deweytinyurl.com/oh5q44a
Lev Vygotskytinyurl.com/6y5z6rj
Jean Piagettinyurl.com/nl3x76u
MATERIAL CONTEXT
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wiki/Natural_selection
wiki/Bauhaus
VIEW OF LEARNING
1. Top-Down Processing
2. Cooperative Learning
3. Discovery Learning
4. Self-Regulated Learning
Scaffolding
FEATURES OF
CONSTRUCTIVISM
KEY FEATURES
• Collaborative and cooperative
learning are favoured in order to
expose the learner to alternative
viewpoints.
• Knowledge construction through
collaborative learning and from
past experiences
KEY FEATURES
• Aims and objectives are derived by
students and teachers through a
negotiation process
• Learning is seen as an active
process
• Help to develop lifelong learning
THE 5 E’S
1. Engage
2. Explore
3. Explain
4. Elaborate
5. Evaluate
http://www.miamisci.org/ph/lpintro5e.html
USING THE MODEL
Osteopathic student practitioners
How to manage a patient with low
back pain?
1. Engage – bring knowledge together
2. Explore – bring experience together
NEXT STEPS
3. Explain - put thoughts into a
communicable
4. Elaborate - consider other factors
5. Evaluate - …
AND EVALUATE….
5. Evaluate
• Ongoing evaluation
• Assessment / evaluation tools
• Revisit the topic
IN THIS SITUATION
• good teaching model in small
groups
• students build own management
plans
• evaluate throughout
• useful for many tutorial topics
BENEFITS
Constructivist teaching...
...focuses on transferable skills
...and gives students
ownership of learning
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BENEFITS
Students…
...learn to question
things
…..gain communication
and social skills
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auditory-kinesthetic-words-effective-effective-communication/
CHALLENGES
Constructivist teaching…
…requires costly training
……lacks structure
Source:
http://www.spindizzynews.org/newspaper411/
Source:
http://bayintegratedmarketing.wordpress.com/2012/05
/18/office-management-tips-to-control-chaos/
CHALLENGES
Students…
…lack direction
……can fall behind
Source:
http://ladyscribes.blogspot.co.uk/
Source: http://mentalfaculties.wordpress.com/
REFERENCES
Concept to classroomwww.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/constructivism/index_sub4.html
Philosophy basicshttp://www.philosophybasics.com/branch_constructivism.html
Chadwick, C. (2004). Why I Am Not a Constructivist. Educational Technology, 44(5), 46-49.
Pritchard, A. and Woolard, J. (2010) Psychology for the classroom: Constructivism and Social Learning, Routledge.
Twomey, Fosnot, C. (2005) Constructivism: Theory, Perspectives and Practice, Teacher’s College Press.