Building knowledge: constructivism in learning

John Abbott discusses the theory of constructivism in learning.

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Education

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• education
• teaching
• schools
• learning

[abcwritestartread]

Sorry wrong pages for "The Brain That Changes Itself".... See pages 41-42 -

[abcwritestartread]

@thetate1 See the Core Knowledge work of E.D. Hirsch for good common sense learning or perhaps the Classical Education Model. You can also see an article called "Can We Fix Our Public Schools?" or "Smart Teachers In Stupid Schools." The answer is simple in education. It would also be important to study brain science, the cerebral cortex GROWS when it's challenged with much memorization. See "The Brain That Changes Itself" pages 45-46.

[thetate1]

@abcwritestartread

could you elaborate?

[SlayerTehDragon]

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[missmelissa73]

Hmmm no valid scientific basis it to it hey??? What is an engaged learner; confident, interested, intrinsically motivated. Walk into a constructivist classroom and see it for yourself. Seeing children in the process of learning, that is enough evidence for me. How can we expect children to grow up and participate in a democratic world, if we don't teach them through democtatic principles?

When will behaviourists learn there is more to humanity than science. The human experience is innate.

[abcwritestartread]

Lecture? Did you lecture? Constructivist aren't supposed to lecture. What a bunch of nonsense on teaching. This is why we have so many functional illiterates. Obviously everyone interprets things differently but teaching must instill a huge knowledge base from which we can discuss and form opinions.

[machiavelli95]

@privatepile762 what an oddly misinformed person you are. Which of your teachers did you get this from?

Like any "theory" describing human behavior, there is a degree of uncertainty. The validity of a theory in the social sciences does not lie in being able to design experiments and get predictable results, but in its ability to to provide meaning to behaviour. In a way, it is a model, amongst many oothers, but not a statement about human reality.

[pillough1978]

Thank you so much for sharing this video! I was having a hard time understanding the concept; but, now, thanks to your video, I've got it!

[privatepile762]

Constructivist "theory" cannot be verified in any scientific way and is incapable of predicting outcomes of learning. Good scientific theory (at least in terms of education) require theory that is parsimonious and verifiable. It accounts for most or all occurrences of the phenomenon and is VERIFIABLE. While constructivism can account for most learning, it is not parsimonious, predictable, or verifiable (@ 1:43... What an insult to science and education). Behavioral theory, however, sure does!

[AoifeNiPhleiminn]

was constructivism not developed by Piaget