My Own Thoughts on Constructivism
I am writing my teaching philosophy and remember this site that I have ignored for some time. Constructivism is forever confusing to me. Some quick ideas jotted down here: 1. Constructivism as a theory claims that the way for people to learn is for them to construct knowledge. Knolwedge does not exist outside and beyond a learner. 2. Constructivist approach to teaching can vary. These approaches should best facilitate learners to construct knowledge. If constructivism as a learning theory holds true, students will construct the knowledge which ever approach we use to teach them. However, there are approaches that most effectively faciliate knowledge construction and these are called constructivist approaches. These are the prescriptive theories.