Constructionism (learning theory)
I have just read this. As the article says, ‘Constructionism’ holds that learning can happen most effectively when people are actively making things in the real world’, I think it is important for students to learn something actively. When I was in high school in Japan, students were very passive. Teachers talked all the time and students were busy taking notes. I hardly remember any active learning (student-centered). The constructionist idea will help students think and find problems/gain knowledge by themselves. I think that giving opportunities for students to make (create) things is important so that they can learn from the process.
The idea that ‘‘from constructivist theories of psychology we take a view of learning as a reconstruction rather than as a transmission of knowledge’’ is also interesting. The learners construct the idea (knowledge) and learn by themselves. I think it is also important for teachers to participate in seminars for IT so that they can deal with students effectively. Additionally, I think that teachers should tell students the purpose of the activity when students use computers etc so that students know why they are doing the task.
