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Constructivism
Jean Piaget
Classroom implications
In my classroom
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3. CONSTRUCTIVISM
• Is based on a type of learning in which the learner forms, or constructs,
much of what he or she learns or comprehends.
• Constructivists agree that students learn by doing.
• When students actively participate in the learning process by using
critical-thinking skills to analyze a problem, they will create, or
construct, their own understanding of a topic or problem.

4. CONSTRUCTIVISM
Theorists
• Jean Piaget developed the cognitive theory .
• Jerome Bruner believes that constructivist learners are participatory
learners.
• Lev Vygotsky develop social cognition.
• John Dewey believed that learning should engage and expand the
experiences of the learners.

5. JEAN PIAGET
• Born 1896-1980
• Influenced the constructivist movement.
• Developed the cognitive learning theory after observing children for
many years.
• Felt children were active learners and did not need motivation from
adults to learn.
• Believed that children were constructing new knowledge through
different cognitive stages .

6. JEAN PIAGET
Defined four cognitive stages
• First stage sensorimotor learning takes place primarily through the
child ‘s senses and motor actions.
• Second stage preoperational when children begin to use symbols and
images.
Children use language symbols and play pretend games.
• Third stage concrete operational children begin to think logically.
Children are beginning to learn many facts.
• Fourth stage formal operational children transition from concrete
thinking to more abstract.
Children can formulate hypothesis and understand cause and effect.

7. CLASSROOM IMPLICATIONS
Ways teachers and use Constructivism with technology are :
• Web Quests
• Scavenger and treasure hunts
• Curriculum resource pages
Teachers can create student–centered activities that actively engage
students in the learning process.

8. CLASSROOM IMPLICATIONS
Ways teachers can use constructivism without technology are:
• Having the students work in groups to help one another memorize
words in an assignment and randomly pick students to recite them.
• Ask students to develop questions after a reading selection.
• Creating crossword puzzles with definitions of words.
• Associate problem solving questions with real life situations.

9. IN MY CLASSROOM
• My teaching philosophy is both Essentialism and Progressivism.
• I believe that students should learn about what happened in history and
have a core curriculum.
• As well as being curious and have real world experiences.
• I believe the theory of constructivism works well in the classroom with
and without technology.
• Finding was to get students excited about learning is the key.

10. IN MY CLASSROOM
• Education research and learning theories are important because they
help educators to understand how students learn.
• Integrating technology into teaching is a very powerful way to weave
these learning theories throughout the curriculum
• Technology is effective with group projects or when students work in
teams (Vygotsky and Dewey).

11. THE END
Integrating Technology In A Connected World (Shelly, Gunter, & Gunter
2012)