Social Constructivism is the theory that knowledge is constructed through both a social and cognitive

process. Students learn the best when they are in a social environment in which they can be collaborative
and discuss the main ideas of the topic, students best learn when they are in the Zone of Proximal
Development (ZDP) this zone is where the task may seem a little too difficult for the child to complete on
their own but with guidance they can complete the task. In the English curriculum allows for social
constructivism and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to be integrated into the
classroom. In this sequence of lessons the students are able to explore the different types of view and
relate that to a book they are reading. The proficiencies of questioning and researching, analysing,
evaluating, communicating and reflecting can all be developed using ICT, most of these skills along with
attributes of Social Constructivism can be found in my lessons. In the first lessons students are asked to
draw on their personal knowledge of point of view and then they are required to research and find out
some things they did not know about point of view. The second lesson they are required to analyse their
library book to find out the current point of view and adapt that become in theory a completely different
story, the third lesson requires them to use their skills to create a story board of the rewrite that they have
written. Most of these lessons are done individually apart from the first lesson in which they work
collaboratively to develop some background knowledge. The individual aspect of these lessons allow the
students to create their own knowledge on the topic and feed this back to the teacher.