Sunday, March 15, 2009

Constructivism

I am reading the pages for one of my courses (EDUCATIONAL DESIGN FOR ELEARNING)
I think that I am a constructivist. I think this because describes the things I do in managing learning like building on prior knowledge, assessing in a formative way, using strategies like getting students to analyze, interpret, and predict etc.
http://www.funderstanding.com/content/constructivism
At Teachers' College I was taught to teach in this way, and working on adult learning programmes has reinforced this way of behaving.
Maybe when I read the next 11 (!) theories I will change my mind or come to a balance between the theories.

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