CONSTRUCTIVIST

APPROACH
“Students come to the
classroom with prior
understandings and
experiences and to promote
student learning, teachers
must address and build
upon this prior knowledge.”
-Hammond
Nature of the learners:

 engage and interact with the world around them, with

peers, with authorities, and with educational materials

learn to discover principles, concepts, and facts for

themselves

may often take on the role of teacher in some area where

they have particular knowledge, thereby both assisting
their peers and reinforcing their own knowledge
Nature of the teachers:

encourage students to take their own initiative in undertaking

a learning activity

respect and accept the student’s own ideas

ask the students to recall past experiences

facilitate learning by providing opportunities for a stimulating

dialogue so that meanings could evolve and be constructed
Nature of the learning environment:

 The constructivist classroom is interactive.

Lessons are activity-centered in order for them to

experience or gain personal knowledge through
active involvement.
Sample Methods and Techniques:

1. In introducing a lesson, find connection with the

previous one through a review or recount of
observations done on a past learning activity.

2. The teacher poses a problem, asks questions and

facilitates free probe into a particular subject.

3. Reflection is important activity wherein the learner

recaptures an experience, thinks about it and evaluates
it.
4.Plan learning activities that will develop
critical thinking skills, creativity, and
innovativeness.

5.Students must be encouraged to work

independently.