When I am teaching math i need to do activities where the student is not just watching and listening to me teach but rather are constructing their knowledge themselves. I need to have learning activities where my students can explore what they have learned so as to construct and heighten their knowledge.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Von Glasersfeld
Von Glasersfeld Uses the word 'construct' rather than 'acquire' because of his constructivism theory. to construct is a verb implying the person who is learning needs to be the active one and construct their understanding. Where acquire is a more passive verb that implies the person who is learning is just listening and retaining knowledge. they are simply acquiring it. The key difference here is the activity of the learner. A learner who is actively involved in the learning process is going to understand better and remember the information better and longer.
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To "construct" knowledge from von Glasersfeld's perspective does not mean to take an active role in learning. Instead, it means that people are always using their theories of how the world works and what is true to interpret their experiences, whether they want to or not. Consequently, when they learn from an experience, they are "constructing" knowledge because the things they learn depend on how they interpreted the experience.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you have said in your second paragraph, but it would have been better if you could have given examples of activities you would use.
ReplyDeleteI would say that to use the term "active one" is very general. I might have been better to say "actively participating" to explain what you meant.