Abecedarian.
Today we're going to talk about CONSTRUCTIVISM, kids. Are you ready?
Constructivist teaching (pedagogy) delineates that you create an environment in which learning is encouraged, then engage the student in active discovery of his or her own meaning to the subject matter. In a constructivist classroom, the teacher is less a 'teacher' so much as a 'facilitator of the learning process.'
Constructivism is powerful because by engaging the student as an active partner to her own learning, lessons are more indelibly imprinted, as the student has part-ownership in the process.
Having been taught a bit of a lesson, via this method, I can speak to the fact that it is perhaps not the fastest way to impart something so much as it is the most lasting way to do so. It's also the most respectful of the student, as it places in them equal faith and trust to accomplish the 'learning' end of the bargain.
I just wanted to write this down because:
a) I'm really impressed at how well it works. Truly, I think, for me, ego gets in the way of a lot of genuine learning (because how can you learn if you can't admit that you don't know?) This method pretty completely circumvents the lesson vs. pride conflict.
b) I want to remind myself to use it later in life when I am on the teaching end.
c) I want to remind myself that I have the goal of being on the teaching end, because while I am pretty confident I'm not going to be able to repay the teacher, in this situation, I can at least pay it forward.
I feel... a lot more at ease in this kind of environment. I don't feel like I have as much to prove, therefore, I don't have to lie to myself and others about how much I know and don't, to uphold some sort of 'smart' image. (Because honestly, that's what I really learned in school...how to look smart, not necessarily how to be smart - a bad habit I have been paying for in the currency of soul since that time.) While, I would like to think I know everything...admitting that I don't sure takes some pressure off.
So...I write this down because I want to remember it. It seems important, to me, anyway. And I write it in a public blog because it's also a somewhat confession. Dear those who know/knew me, I am sorry for being a big liar.
Grr, and now I want a cig. I'm not going to lie. It's been pretty bad lately, with the wanting. The only thing really stopping me is fear of imminent slow descent into 'complete and utter quitting failure'. So I'd rather not have any at all and hope the desire eventually goes away.
Love,
Hannah
Constructivist teaching (pedagogy) delineates that you create an environment in which learning is encouraged, then engage the student in active discovery of his or her own meaning to the subject matter. In a constructivist classroom, the teacher is less a 'teacher' so much as a 'facilitator of the learning process.'
Constructivism is powerful because by engaging the student as an active partner to her own learning, lessons are more indelibly imprinted, as the student has part-ownership in the process.
Having been taught a bit of a lesson, via this method, I can speak to the fact that it is perhaps not the fastest way to impart something so much as it is the most lasting way to do so. It's also the most respectful of the student, as it places in them equal faith and trust to accomplish the 'learning' end of the bargain.
I just wanted to write this down because:
a) I'm really impressed at how well it works. Truly, I think, for me, ego gets in the way of a lot of genuine learning (because how can you learn if you can't admit that you don't know?) This method pretty completely circumvents the lesson vs. pride conflict.
b) I want to remind myself to use it later in life when I am on the teaching end.
c) I want to remind myself that I have the goal of being on the teaching end, because while I am pretty confident I'm not going to be able to repay the teacher, in this situation, I can at least pay it forward.
I feel... a lot more at ease in this kind of environment. I don't feel like I have as much to prove, therefore, I don't have to lie to myself and others about how much I know and don't, to uphold some sort of 'smart' image. (Because honestly, that's what I really learned in school...how to look smart, not necessarily how to be smart - a bad habit I have been paying for in the currency of soul since that time.) While, I would like to think I know everything...admitting that I don't sure takes some pressure off.
So...I write this down because I want to remember it. It seems important, to me, anyway. And I write it in a public blog because it's also a somewhat confession. Dear those who know/knew me, I am sorry for being a big liar.
Grr, and now I want a cig. I'm not going to lie. It's been pretty bad lately, with the wanting. The only thing really stopping me is fear of imminent slow descent into 'complete and utter quitting failure'. So I'd rather not have any at all and hope the desire eventually goes away.
Love,
Hannah