Constructivism
Matthew Martinez
Adriana Magdaleno
Julia Dominguez
Kelly Hernandez
Adrian Garcia
Intro To Constructivism
● What is Constructivism
● Action Learning
● Constructivism is a more hands on way or learning
● How it relates
● Not everyone learns the same way
● Types of different learning
Matthew
Constructivism
Each person has a different interpretation of knowledge based on past experiences.
Learning is perceived as an active, not a passive, where knowledge is built and not acquired.
Students are more likely to retain knowledge by real world experience
Lev Vygotsky
Was a Soviet psychologist
He believed students learn by doing rather than
just observing.
He also believed students bring prior knowledge
into a learning situation in which they must
critique and reevaluate their understanding of it.
Adrian
Constructivism: Background
● Jean Piaget was a Swiss Psychologist who placed
great importance on the education of students
● Because of his interest in psychology and
sociology, he would observe the students’ learning
habits in a classroom to see how well they
performed
● Piaget proposed that cognitive development from
infant to young adult occurs in four universal and
consecutive stages
Kelly
Constructivism: Four Stages by Jean Piaget
❏ Sensorimotor ( Between the ages of zero and two years)
❏ Preoperational ( During a child’s second and seventh year)
❏ Concrete Operations (Occurs between the ages of seven to eleven years)
❏ Formal Operations (Occurring from age eleven year to adulthood)
Classroom Examples
★ Examples of present day constructivism:
○ Hands on activities that are done in class
■ In our classroom we do not just sit in our seats, take notes, and take a test. But
instead interact with the lesson and fellow classmates in group activities.
■ With our mirror assignment, to look into the mirror and simply write down every
thought that came to mind made us feel closer with the class.
■ Last when the ladies were on one side of the room and the guys on the other . We
all got a chance to interact and that helped us to better understand the stereotypes
between men and women.
Adriana
Key Points
● In the class or even at a job, the main points to constructivism are the
following:
○ Have students understand by engaging with the material
○ Connect and apply it to everyday life or use
○ Encourage them to try a concept or idea for themselves
○ While in a learning environment, adjust approach towards students and
have their minds be stimulated to keep focus
○ This is what NOT to do: [Link]
Constructivism: All in All
● It is a philosophy
○ By extension, it is also touched on by
phenomenology
○ Phenomenology defined: the study of our
experiences and our consciousness
○ Used more than ever in many colleges and
schools
● Phenomenologically, constructivism is
used to help describe tasks and
concepts that receivers can decipher and
digest
○ Constructivism is not so dogmatic compared
to traditional learning
Julia
Constructivism: All in All
❖ “Constructivism allows students to construct their
own learning. Constructivist teaching is about
making good learners as opposed to simply giving
students information.” (Natalie Boyd has an M.A. in English and
in the process of achieving her PhD in psychology.)
❖ What is it composed of and how can it help
challenge the students?
❖ The learner constructs much of what she/he
wants to learn or comprehend
➢ Methods: Group work, peer grading/review,
personal experience, discovery