SCI MIDTERM

• Constructivist Theory in teaching science
• Constructivist teaching anchored on the fundamental belief that learning occurs as an individual actively engaged in meaning making and knowledge construction processes
• Deweys idea of transformative education suggest that education must foster the development of critical thingking via reflection and exploration of the environment and hands on experience
• In the constructivist classroom teachers role is to prompt and facilitate meaningful exchange of ideas and learning
• Teachers main focus guide the student by asking question that will develop their own insight and conclusion on the subject
• Constructivist teaching is governed by the following principles
• 1. Engage the students in the discovery and examination of relevant and meaningful problems
• 2. Organize curriculum into activities and broad primary concepts
• 3. Explore and value students perspective
• 4. Encourage the students to investigate and challenge their assumptions.
• 5. Use asessment to diagnose and guide the student learning.
• 6. The teacher uses multiples forms of assessment and flexible groupings.
• 7. Knowledge is shaped by experience
• 8. Learning is personal interpretation of the world
• 9. Learning is solely by doing