Module 3

Five Guiding Principles of Constructivism:
1. Pose problems of emerging relevance to students.
2. Structure learning around primary concepts.
3. Seek and value students' points of view.
4. Adapt instruction to address student suppositions.
5. Assess student learning in the context of teaching.

(http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/constructivism/index.html)


Rheingold talks of the ways in which humans have interacted for thousands of years. The ability to problem-solve had to have been developed over time and has evolved as humans have. The ability to problem-solve is one of the founding principles of the constructivist philosophy. In using technology to help students learn to communicate it allows them to foster relationships with people all over the world. They can begin to learn that some problems they face are universal to all children and some are unique to their part of the world. But the skills necessary to solve any problem no matter where you are are very similar.

Helpful Sites
Concept to Classroom – I liked this site because it really broke down in layman terms what constructivism is and isn’t really about. It also gives a great bulleted list of the 5 guiding principles of constructivism. Which are:


References:

Driscoll, M. P. (2005). Psychology of learning for instruction (3rd ed.). Boston: Pearson Education, Inc.

Rheingold, H. (2009) Way-new collaboration retrieved from
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/howard_rheingold_on_collaboration.html