Mater Divinae Gratiae College

Picardo Airport, Dolores E. Samar

First semester S.Y. 2022-2023

REPORTERS:MADEJA, JOYCIE & HUGO, MIA CLAIRE

 LESSON 4: CONSTRUCTIVIST THEORY IN TEACHING

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CONSTRUCTIVIST THEORY is based around the idea that learners are active
participants in their learning journey; knowledge is constructed based on
experiences. As events occur, each person reflects on their experience and
incorporates the new ideas with their prior knowledge.

Learning Language is an innovative approach in which students construct their

knowledge through interaction with each other. It is student-centered rather than
teacher-centered in which the teacher acts as a facilitator (Sharma and Poonam
2016).

Pillars of the Constructivist Learning Theory

Jean Piaget (1896-1980)
Lev Vygotsky
- Do not view children as empty vessels
(tabula rasa).
- argue that children are performed to learn
and acquire language as they go through different developmental stages.

Jean Piaget (1896-1980)

- argues that children are active learners who
construct meaning from their environment.
- is the proponent of Cognitive Development Theory that explains the
interconnectedness of knowledge acquisition and language acquisition through
qualitative changes of their mental processes as they develop(Crystal, 1987;
Schickendanz, 1993;Vasta et al, 1999)
- He views children as active learners, constructing knowledge over time, as they
interact with their environment through developmental states.
As future educators/teachers it is our responsibility to inform our students of what
the truth is, it is our duty to let them know of what the "real world" is out there. Let
us not fret and be frightened by this great responsibility for we are not left alone
in this task,
there are guide posts that are laid out for us to consider:

1. Learning is not just pure absorption process of what is transferred directly from
one vessel to another. Hence, it is a process of learning by doing wherein the
active engagement of the learner in the process makes it an effective one.

2. Learning is a web process, as a learner is engaged in learning, in the process

of it all, implicitly, the learner also learns other concepts or procedures related to
what is being learned explicitly.

3. Taking it from John Dewey's reflective activity, learning is a mental process

that involves actual doing and reflective action. Reflective action gives the learner
a chance to note the significance and connection of
the whole process.

Lev Vygotsky
Emphasized that private speech, of children talking to themselves, for tunning
shared knowledge into personal knowledge.
Vygotsky proposed that children incorporate the speech of others and then use that
speech to help themselves solve problems.
Vygotsky's theory implies that cognitive development and the ability to use thought to
control one's own action require first a mastery of cultural communication systems and
then learning to use these systems to regulate one's own thought processes. (Slavin
1997, Crystal 1987).

Piaget's view of learning and language acquisition is centered on the children's

changes of logical thinking through stages based on maturation and experience.
Vygotsky's children view is centered on the role of culture and social interactions of
children with other children and adults in the environment.
What is meant by constructivism?
It is refers to the idea that learner contruct knowledge for themselves each learner
individually (and socially) constructs meaning as he or she learns.
We believe that knowledge consists of learning about the real world out there, then we
endeavor first and foremost to understand that world, organize it in the most rational
way possibl, and, as teachers, present it to the learner.
We help the learner understand the world, but we do not ask him to construct his or her
own world.
Contructivist theory requires that we turn our attention by 180 degrees and look toward
all those wonderful, individual living beings the learnerseach whom creates his or her
own model to explain nature.