CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Evaluation in constructivism focuses on the process that the individual learner takes in the process of knowledge creation. Each learner is perceived to be different with individual strengths, weaknesses, and previous knowledge and experiences.

Detailed explanation-2: -Perhaps the most substantive criticism of constructivism is that as a theory of learning, it has little to say about teaching beyond the requirement to ascertain students’ prior knowledge.

Detailed explanation-3: -We identified three challenges in implementing social constructivist learning related to: inadequate prior knowledge; embarrassment in exposing one’s inadequate understanding to peers; and need for certainty.

Detailed explanation-4: -Constructivism is often compared to objectivism, which is usually quoted as being the counter point or direct opposite of constructivism. Much of objectivist theory is based on the work of behaviorists such as Skinner (1954.)