Constructivism

1. Today we talked about constructivism which is the theory that children learn best when they construct their own answers. By using prior knowledge and discovery activities, children are introduced to an idea or concept and through exploration will define and discover what that concept really means.
2. This is a highly debated topic because sometimes students do not construct correct principles. When they are let free to discover, they will often have reconstruction errors or create misconceptions. There is also the argument that in subjects like math that if they do not "discover" correctly, then in higher math when the come across equations they will not understand how to use them.
3. I think that with everything else, constructivism should be used along with other things. It's like saying that carrots are good for you so all you should eat are carrots. We all know what happens when we eat to many carrots. Therefore, constructivism should be used as one method of teaching, but not the only method.