CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Constructivism is the theory that says learners construct knowledge rather than just passively take in information. As people experience the world and reflect upon those experiences, they build their own representations and incorporate new information into their pre-existing knowledge (schemas).

Detailed explanation-2: -According to social constructivism learning is a collaborative process, and knowledge develops from individuals’ interactions with their culture and society. Social constructivism was developed by Lev Vygotsky (1978, p.

Detailed explanation-3: -Constructivism is a theory that promotes learning as an active and internal process in which new information is added to a foundation of prior knowledge. Cognitive constructivism, social constructivism and radical constructivism are the three major types.

Detailed explanation-4: -Example: An elementary school teacher presents a class problem to measure the length of the “Mayflower.” Rather than starting the problem by introducing the ruler, the teacher allows students to reflect and to construct their own methods of measurement.