Blog #4 - Constructivism

I would support constructivism in my future classroom. Constructivism is a “view of learning in which learners use their own experiences to construct understandings that make sense to them, rather than having understanding delivered to them in already organized form…” (http://digitalliteracy.mwg.org/constructivisim.html) I plan on involving conceptual thinking, and observation in my art class.. My stundents could use their personal experiences to understand concepts, and use them in their work. From personal experience, there are many things that I had a hard time grasping. Until I truly related to the subject by either past experiences, learning of other’s experiences, or taking part in something new, the concept finally bacame more clear. My subject matter has to do with a lot of constructive criticism, personal opinions, and experiences. I believe that contructivism will help my students in those areas of study. Perhaps constructivism is controversial for other subject or to the teacher’s method of teaching. It is exploritory, and some teachers might want more learn straight from the information kind of learning. (exploritory -http://tip.psychology.org/bruner.html) But for my classroom, I encourage exploring my students’ ideas. As a teacher, I would guide them through the process of relating their experiences and ideas to the learning matter. That way, we construct a reasonable answer or hypothesis from our information. It could also be thought to be controversial because of using such open thinking. Thinking I say thats based on facts and true experiences. Using contructivism in my class, my students will have learned to problem solve, reflect, and do much more. (what is constructivism-http://hagar.up.ac.za/catts/learner/lindavr/lindapg1.htm)

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