HALİL İBRAHİM ERİŞMİŞ

EREN AYDEMİR

CONSTRUCTIVIST TEACHING

What is the constructivism?

Constructivism is a broad movement, which is as much philosophical position as an educational strategy.

Broad: general.

PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTIVIST

TEACHINGIn education, learners actually construct knowledge for themselves, rather than knowledge comes from the teacher and is ‘absorbed’ by the pupil.

Absorb : take in and understand fully ( information or ideas)

There are some results of being active of pupils

for constructivism.

Learning is always an active process.(Beyer,1985)

Learning is a search for meaning for constructivism.

The construction of knowledge is not just an individual thing.

Learning is always contextualized.(Schunk,2000)

Contextualize: place or study in context.

Teaching is about empowering the learner, and allowing the learner to discover and reflect on realistic experiences.(Von Glasersfeld,1989)

Empower: give (someone) the authority or power to do something

Discover: become aware of (a fact or situation)

CONSTRUCTIVISM IN PRACTICE

Constructivist authors have developed many teaching strategies.

1- Connecting new ideas to prior knowledge.

2- Modelling.

3-Scaffolding.

4-Coaching.

5-Reflection.

6-Collaboration.

7-Exploration and problem-solving activities.

8-Choices and options.

9-Adaptive.

10-Flexibility.

The Structure of Constructivist Lesson

1-Start phase.

2-Exploration phase.

3-Reflection base.

4-Application and discussion phase.

SummaryConstructivism is a teaching philosophy has made strong teachers and teacher educators in recent decades. It is based on that pupils should be active in education process. It also helps teachers by giving some strategies ,and ıt explains how should be a constructivist lesson step by step.

Quiz Time

1-What does the constructivism defend to pupils in education?

a)Both teacher and student should be active

b)Pupils should be more active than teacher.

c)Teacher should be more active than pupils.

d)Either teacher or pupils should not be active because active cause to be passive to lesson plan.

Defend : resist an attack made on (someone or something) (savunmak)

2-Which one is not of the principles of constructivist teaching?

a)Learning is always an active process.

b)Learning is a search for meaning for constructivism.

c)Learning is always contextualized.

d)Learning is more connected pupils.

3-Is construction of knowledge is individual thing ? Why or why not?

4- which one is not the element of constructivism in practice?

a)Modelling

b)Collaboration

c)Giving feedback

d)Choices and options

5- What a teacher should do in start phase? (start phase is one of the steps of the structure of constructivist lesson)

a)The teacher should start the lesson with a broad question.

b)The teacher should use materials which are about real life.

c) Discussion and analysing with the pupils.

d) The teacher should convene the whole class to discuss topic.

6- which one is not step of the structure of constructivist lesson?

a)Application and discussing phase

b)Explanation phase

c)Start phase

d)Reflection phase

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