Pros Of Constuctivistic Teaching

Guided instruction and constuctivistic teaching are two instructional approaches. Guided instruction relies on the teachers to scaffold learning whereas constructivism relies on individual constructs, experiences, and adaptation. Both approaches have advantages and disadvantages. In addition, both approaches are affected by individual differences and developmental stages. Ultimately, constructivistic teaching is a much more effective approach because it incorporates so much more than “learning” through lecturing and guided instruction.
Guided Instruction Guided instruction, or guided learning, is an instructional approach where teachers scaffold (assist the student in solving a task or completing a goal) to facilitate learning. The teacher is the key player because they provide the guidance that promotes development. The teacher also continuously assesses whether the students are grasping the concepts being …show more content…
If errors are left uncorrected by the teacher, students will not learn what is necessary. If errors are addressed to early, that could lead to too much direction from the teacher; which would be a disadvantage to the student. In addition, younger children usually have a harder time with the capacity to be reflective thinkers. This could cause them to be more dependent on the teacher for information. This leads to rote memory and not higher order thinking. This brings to light the biggest disadvantage when using tis instruction technique; dependency of the students. If too much scaffolding takes place by the teacher, the students are not able to make their own connections or form their own interpretations regarding the knowledge that is being presented (Frey & Fisher, 2010). This dependency on the teacher results in the student not drawing on their own experiences and prior knowledge to grow cognitively; they come to expect new concepts to be fed to them (Kirschner, Sweller, Clark,