Constructivism is a theory about knowledge and about human learning. Knowledge is defined as temporary, developmental, and socially and culturally mediated, therefore subjective. Learning is a self-regulated process that resolve inner cognitive conflicts through the aides of concrete experience, collaborative discourse, and reflection (written). Learning takes place – is constructed – in the head of the learner by the learner. (Brooks & Brooks, 1993).
Knowledge is temporary, this means that knowledge is contextual. knowledge is formed from our understandings and perceptions of the world, and because what we understand is constantly evolving, this makes knowledge ever-changing, and not permanent. Student’s form knowledge based off their self-concept. And as children develop and experience new things, their self-concept begins to change, this is why knowledge tends to only stay with students for a certain amount of time.
Understanding that knowledge is temporary, I will do the best of my ability to build off the student’s knowledge, so they are able to form deep understandings that student’s will be able to store in their long-term memory, rather than their short-term memory. This can be done by taking prior knowledge and relating
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I can do this by taking a look where my students are developmentally, in terms of physical, emotional, social, and cognitive development, and providing content that challenges the student, yet is not too difficult for them. I can get an idea of where my students development is at through the means of observation and pre-assessment. When I have some idea of where my students are at developmentally, I can begin instruction. At the beginning of the year, I can start with simple and basic concepts, possibly going over what the student’s learned in the previous year, and by the end of the year I can introduce more-complicated