Language, Literature, Social Sciences Secondary Constructivism

Important People John Dewey Lev Vygotsky Jerome Bruner Jean Piaget

Key Constructivism Points Knowledge is assimilated as students learn new information and develop new experiences Learning is a social process Experience and knowledge should build upon each other The learner constructs knowledge into a model he/she understands and utilizes it to make sense of their environment

Constructivism-Teaching Implications Actively engage students using educational technologies to encourage assimilation and accommodation of knowledge to a diverse population of learners Utilize the Socratic method to encourage the exchange of ideas and facilitate understanding Focus on kinesthetic and active learning Utilize integrated curriculum, spiral curriculum, and scaffolding

Constructivism-Student Implications Students attain knowledge through: Adaptation Assimilation Accommodation Technology is a driving force behind a student based learning environment Students are active and participatory learners Learning is significantly influenced through social development Social Cognition Use higher level thinking skills to solve problems Socratic Method

Personal Teaching Evaluation Constructivism submits that the key to education is to encourage teachers to act as a gateway to knowledge, anchor students to this knowledge, and then allow students to develop this knowledge in a way that conforms with their experiences. In this way, principles and historical precedents can be passed on to a new generation. Students can interpret this data and act upon their own free accord. I agree with this sense of progressive education, in which the student is integrated with society. However, it is important to maintain the distinction between assimilation and accommodation. Assimilation into society is not the goal of education; the goal is for society to accommodate itself to a new age of thinkers. Constructivism, along with other teaching methods, can accomplish this accommodation by emphasizing a student-based curriculum.

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C) Concrete Operational 1) In which of the following of Piaget’s four cognitive stages would a child be able to adopt alternative viewpoints but not have yet developed the transition to abstract thinking? Need Help? Click the Button Here and Check Your Internet Browser A) Sensorimotor B) Preoperational C) Concrete Operational D) Formal Operational

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A) Jean Piaget B) Jerome Bruner C) Lev Vygotsky D) John Dewey 2) Which of the following influential Constructivists believed that social development and culture significantly influenced learning, otherwise known as social cognition? A) Jean Piaget B) Jerome Bruner C) Lev Vygotsky D) John Dewey

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4) True or false. A scaffold is a temporary source of knowledge from which students assimilate this knowledge and build their own. True False

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