There were many times that I would get a study group together to review areas that were confusing to me. So I would say that I do learn better by collaboration than by just sitting in a lecture. This gives me the opportunity to hear a topic from different perspectives and allows me to think about it and apply my own conclusions to the task. I seem to retain information better by discussion and then applying it.
Constructivist theory played a role in my learning when we work in groups. In the groups we shared knowledge and helped each other to grow in our knowledge. I can think of times in high school were we learning was shared between us and the teacher.
I am very much a hands on learner. There are a lot of times that I would have to learn on my own first before I could migrate to a group dynamic. When the collaboration exercises would take place I would then feel more comfortable speaking about specific topics.
Many of of the research papers and projects, I had in science displayed constructivism. The teacher gave us the rubic that we need to follow but we choose the topic and what angle we pursued that topic. I think a learned more doing this that memorizing facts. Another example is filling up the slp. We have to process the re-process the information in class or blog and place it in appropiate places.
I can see this theory at play during my time as a graduate student for my MA program. It seemed like especially during my K-12 education everyone stressed facts, or "classical knowledge," and then my undergraduate challenged "classical knowledge" with "contemporary knowledge," and then once I got to graduate school it seemed the professors felt I had enough to ask me what I thought. We would research a topic on our own time, present it in class, and hammer out it's relevance, or lack thereof, and why? Many times, someone in class would argue a stance that the professor admitted they hadn't previously considered. It was a wonderful experience, and some of my best learning and most stimulating conversations came from.
Apologies to everyone for the link not working! I hope you took the time to type it in manually and watch the clip. If I use a video again, I will try to imbed instead.
I feel that Constructivist theory allows a student to be more engaged by expressing their opinion and knowledge. Working in groups allowed me to have more interaction and have a better understanding of the subject.
There were many times that I would get a study group together to review areas that were confusing to me. So I would say that I do learn better by collaboration than by just sitting in a lecture. This gives me the opportunity to hear a topic from different perspectives and allows me to think about it and apply my own conclusions to the task. I seem to retain information better by discussion and then applying it.
ReplyDeleteConstructivist theory played a role in my learning when we work in groups. In the groups we shared knowledge and helped each other to grow in our knowledge. I can think of times in high school were we learning was shared between us and the teacher.
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ReplyDeleteI am very much a hands on learner. There are a lot of times that I would have to learn on my own first before I could migrate to a group dynamic. When the collaboration exercises would take place I would then feel more comfortable speaking about specific topics.
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ReplyDeleteMany of of the research papers and projects, I had in science displayed constructivism. The teacher gave us the rubic that we need to follow but we choose the topic and what angle we pursued that topic. I think a learned more doing this that memorizing facts. Another example is filling up the slp. We have to process the re-process the information in class or blog and place it in appropiate places.
I can see this theory at play during my time as a graduate student for my MA program. It seemed like especially during my K-12 education everyone stressed facts, or "classical knowledge," and then my undergraduate challenged "classical knowledge" with "contemporary knowledge," and then once I got to graduate school it seemed the professors felt I had enough to ask me what I thought. We would research a topic on our own time, present it in class, and hammer out it's relevance, or lack thereof, and why? Many times, someone in class would argue a stance that the professor admitted they hadn't previously considered. It was a wonderful experience, and some of my best learning and most stimulating conversations came from.
ReplyDeleteApologies to everyone for the link not working! I hope you took the time to type it in manually and watch the clip. If I use a video again, I will try to imbed instead.
I did, and found it most interesting.
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I feel that Constructivist theory allows a student to be more engaged by expressing their opinion and knowledge. Working in groups allowed me to have more interaction and have a better understanding of the subject.
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