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Who developed Constructivism?
-The concept of Constructivism can be traced all the way back to Socrates. His way of
teaching required his students to question what they thought they knew and highlight
their weakness in their thinking.
Jean Piaget
Lev Vygotsky
Created social cognition learning which asserts that culture is the
prime determinant of a child’s social development.
John Dewey
Believed in “ Educating the whole child, physically,
mentally, and socially, and not just on the
dispensation of facts and information”
What is constructivism?
Role of Teacher
In the constructivist classroom the teacher role is to prompt and
facilitate discussion. The teachers’ main focus should be on
guiding students by asking questions, it will lead them to develop
their own conclusions on the subject.
Benefits of Constructivism
2. Discard standardized curriculum in favor or a more personalized course of study based on what the
student already knows. This could lead some students to fall behind of others.
3. Removes grading in the traditional way and instead places more value on students evaluating their own
progress, which may lead to students falling behind but without standardized grading and evaluations
teachers may not know that the student is struggling.
4. It can actually lead students to be confused and frustrated because they may not have the ability to
form relationships and abstracts between the knowledge they already have and the knowledge they are
learning for themselves.