Thursday 16 April 2015

Constructivist approaches in teaching


 I think, Sarabinh’s approach is consistent with a constructivist learning philosophy. There are, ofcourse advantages of having students develop this process. This process leads to critical thinking, and creates motivated and independent learners. Thats why, learners are involved in active way.If I think about environment,it is also democratic. The activities are interactive and student-centered. Shortly, students are actively involved, rather than passively absorbing information.

 However, there are some disadvantages of constructivist learning theory that is its lack of structure. Some students require highly structured environments in order to be able to shine.Also, another disadvantage is that it can lead student to be confused or disapointed that is why, they may not have the ability to form relationships and abstracts between the knowledge they already have and the knowledge they are learning for themselves.


When I become a teacher, I feel comfortable using such an approach. That is because this approach has specific learning goals. Having the students specific answer, open-ended question ,analyzing a case study, undertaking a long-term plan or analyzing a problem with multiple plan.


4 comments:

  1. Dear Selime,

    Thanks for the explanation:)
    I also agree with you.

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  2. The point you have underlined on the way students who actively involved for a lesson is crucially important for their learning process.Also ,I agree with your ideas on some of the negativeness of constructivist approaches.

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  3. You mentioned that for disadvantage, students may not have the ability to form relationships. However, I believe that kind of students can get rid of their introversion day by day in constructivist learning theory.
    Other than that I agree your ideas.

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  4. Hi Selime, I agree the point where you stand is that disadvantage of constructivist approach in which some students don't have the ability to maintain relationships with their peers. It is the fact that there are different types of learners. Independence learners learn best alone. They not feel comfortable in a group work.

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