• A view of learning based on the belief that knowledge

isn’t a thing that can simply be given by teacher at the

front of the room to students in their desk.
• Students learn by fitting new information together with
what they already know.
• Learners are the builders and creators of meaning
and knowledge.
• Knowledge is constructed by learners through an
active, mental process of development.
• Lev Vygotsky, Jerome Bruner and Jean Piaget
• Constructivist theory approaches to learning assert
children have their own way of thinking.
• Constructivist also acknowledges the importance of
social and cultural influences on intellectual
development.
• Constructivism theorizes that we construct our reality
through experience and by reflection on the
experience.
• Constructivism in the classroom generally emphasizes
active student participation in the learning process
through experiment, problem solving and discussion.
• Experiments
• Research Project
• Field Trips
• Films
• Class Discussions