SCI MIDTERM
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- 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
- 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