CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -What is constructivism? Constructivism is basically a theory–based on observation and scientific study–about how people learn. It says that people construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world, through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Constructivism is based on the premise that we all construct our own perspective of the world, based on individual experiences and internal knowledge. Learning is based on how the individual interprets and creates the meaning of his or her experiences.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first form radical (or cognitive) constructivism proposes that the process of constructing knowledge is dependent on the individual’s subjective interpretation of their active experience.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.