CONSTRUCTIVISM

IS A MORE RADICAL FORM OF COGNITIVE THEORY

IN WHICH THE LEARNER IS CONSTANTLY RECONSTRUCTING UNDERSTANDING.

Key Constructivist Ideas

Learning for understanding is active.

(like cognitive)

Learning involves construction of reality.

(sort of like cognitive)

Learning is social negotiation.

(not like cognitive)

Constructivism vs Cognitive

Constructivism	Regular cognitive
Learning is contextual	Learning is context-free
Learning is done as a whole	Learning can be done in pieces
Knowledge exists only in the learner	Knowledge exists outside the learner
Learners transform input	Learners store input as is
Learners explore, organize, monitor	Learner is receiver of input
Teacher is supportive	Teacher guides learning

Constructivist answers to different states of knowledge

Inert knowledge

Ritualized knowledge

Conceptually difficulty knowledge

Foreign in perspective knowledge

INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS THAT COME FROM A CONSTRUCTIVIST MODEL.

DISCOVERY LEARNING

AUTHENTIC LEARNING

COOPERATIVE LEARNING (From Social Constructivism)