Children construct their own meaning or understanding to learning through experience, questioning, exploring and through evaluating what is learned. By providing children with a constructive learning environment, teachers have to provide students with a variety of multiple representations of reality that represent the real world, provide tasks that are authentic, provide ample opportunities for reflection, and should be student centered where the students play an important role in their learning.
What Does A Constructive Classroom Look Like?
What Does A Constructive Classroom Look Like?
1. Student centered- Teacher is the facilitator
2. Students work with others in small groups, independently, or with a partner.
3. Keep the end in mind. Where do we want our students to accomplish?
4. A variety of assessments are used.
5. Provides plenty of opportunities for REFLECTION REFLECTION REFLECTION!!!
6. Process based learning. Students are facilitators of their own learning. They construct their own meaning through experience and exploring.
7. There is a community of learners where they are able to construct their own questions and are able to make their own decisions.
Resources:
Christie, A. (2005). Constructivism and its implications for educators. http://alicechristie.com/edtech/learning/constructivism/index.htm
Clarkson, B., & Brook, C. (n.d.). I can’t understand why I didn’t pass: Scaffolding student activities.
2. Students work with others in small groups, independently, or with a partner.
3. Keep the end in mind. Where do we want our students to accomplish?
4. A variety of assessments are used.
5. Provides plenty of opportunities for REFLECTION REFLECTION REFLECTION!!!
6. Process based learning. Students are facilitators of their own learning. They construct their own meaning through experience and exploring.
7. There is a community of learners where they are able to construct their own questions and are able to make their own decisions.
Resources:
Christie, A. (2005). Constructivism and its implications for educators. http://alicechristie.com/edtech/learning/constructivism/index.htm
Clarkson, B., & Brook, C. (n.d.). I can’t understand why I didn’t pass: Scaffolding student activities.