Constructivist teaching methods

Constructivist teachers are seeking for way to help students construct and develop their own tacit understandings (Richardson, 1997). Like Montessori educational approach, which welcomes multi-age students to learning in a one classroom aligned with Vygotsky’s…

As humans, we often like to think of ourselves as masters of our own destiny. As we continue through the routine patterns of life, we see that most of us have the autonomy to decide which foods we eat, which political parties we support, etc. Ultimately, however, we are impacted by forces outside of our immediate control, and often our comprehension. We become elements in social constructionism, the understanding that our beliefs, social institutions, and ourselves are the result of culture and…

Part A Introduction The work of constructivist theorists, notably Piaget and Vygotsky, identified two constructivist learning models, which are: individual constructivism, which states that knowledge is constructed from personal experience by the individual, and social constructivism, which declares that knowledge, is acquired through collaboration with meaning negotiated from multiple perspectives (Almala, 2006) Piaget is known as the first constructivist, asserts that the theory of…

picked out the book Ellis Island, which was in my text set, as a big part of the lesson. I came up with a way to relate what we were learning to the student’s lives to try and get them engaged. There were some things that went really well while teaching the lesson. First off the timing of it was good. It was a…

role. Since the No Child Left Behind Act was signed into law in 2002, many people have been concern about children’s learning and academic achievement, especially parents and educators. In fact, teachers are always trapped in “teaching dilemmas” because each teaching method has different levels of pros and cons for students. Wiggins and McTighe (2005) suggested that for all of the choices that teachers have during a day of instruction, many fit into the category of a “dilemma” where there is no…

high quality teaching and learning in Foreign Languages such as Spanish. One strategy is ‘direct teaching’ (DfES 2007, Moore 2009; Muijs and Reynolds 2011) which can be used to implement high quality teaching and learning. Other strategies suggested by the DfES (2007) are social, cognitive teaching and learning models. However, Muijs and Reynolds (2011) state that other strategies include ‘interactive teaching’, ‘collaborative small group work and peer tutoring’ and ‘constructivist…

within. He is very right in saying that the process of teaching is akin to the banking system. This often leads to a poor relationship between the pupil and the almighty instructor. However, is this relationship and the teaching method a package deal? The current approach to teaching is the banking concept, which can lead to an oppressive environment, which is caused by the poor student-teacher relationship. I agree that a different teaching method could be more effective, but I do not agree…

We have all been through this when students experienced a classroom with a good and bad professors throughout the school year. As the good professor who that inspired you to learn to accomplish things and explore what 's going to happen next in the future. And there 's the bad professor who have a boring personality or don 't care enough about making the students happy. Due to tremendous of math assignments we intend to receive in math class we find ourselves struggling a little. Whereas in…

When it comes to teaching methods, is it fair to say that one is better than another? Not all teaching methods and strategies are the same, and great consideration should be taken when deciding which teaching strategy to pursue in a classroom. Universal preventive intervention is a strategy that have been proven through various studies and research to be highly effective. This strategy not only greatly impacts the students’ academic careers, but also reaches many personal aspects of the…

standing on the stage with degree in hand is a long road with many obstacles. While in nursing school you will need to learn many things in a short period of time. Knowing the best way professors can teach that material is a great aspect. Different teaching styles such as traditional and flipped are argued over every day as the best way. This paper will…