Discussion Questions
Now that you have had the chance to take a more in-depth look at constructivism and its application in education, share your thoughts with the rest of the class by responding the following questions in the related threads in ETEC 512 constructivism discussion.
1. Before you participated in this presentation did you teach using a constructivist approach – would you try the approach now – are you still uncertain about constructivist teaching methods? If so, why?
2. Does the age of the learner impact the effectiveness of using constructivist methods?
3. After exploring a variety of programs that are well-suited for designing constructivist lessons or courses, would you use any of them in your own practice if you haven't already? Which ones in particular and why?
4. How does implementing a constructivist approach to teaching and learning fair in comparison to other approaches such as situated learning or distributed cognition?