constructivism
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Created for EME2040 class assignment.TRANSCRIPT
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Constructivism Created by: Sashana J.
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Jerome Bruner
• Believed that learning was a participatory process.
• Advocated that the teacher’s role should be to encourage curiosity and exploration.
• Students, with the help of their teacher, should build upon what they already know.
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Lev Vygotsky
• Developed Social Cognition because of his interest in children’s cognitive development.
• Believed that students should work collaboratively to share different ideas and to negotiate.
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John Dewey
• An advocate for child centered instruction.
• Believed that learning was a social process.
• Created the Laboratory School in 1896.
• Also associated with Progressive Education and Pragmatism.
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Jean Piaget
• Believed that children were active learners who did not need motivation from adults to learn.
• Advocated that children learned differently than adult.
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Key points of the theory
Constructivism teaches that students learn by doing.
Students actively participate in the learning process; therefore, the learning process is hands-on.
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What the teacher does under this theory (with and without
technology)
With Technology
Create Web Quests
Utilizing Educational Video Games in the Classroom
Without Technology
Develop a spiral curriculum.
Organize Students into Collaborative Learning Groups
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What the students do under this theory (with and without
technology)
With Technology
Web Quests
Play educational video games
Using digital media and the internet to research information .
Without Technology
Participate in scavenger and treasure hunts
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Content Credits
Shelly, Gary B., Glenda A. Gunter, and Randolph E. Gunter. "Learning Theories and Educational Research." Teachers Discovering Computers: Integrating Technology in a Connected World. Boston: Cengage Learning, 2012. 266-80. Print.
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Graphic Creits
Slide 2,
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Slide 3,
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Slide 4,
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Graphic Credits
Slide 5,
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Slide 7,
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