Constructivism

CONSTRUCTIVISM: THE VIEW OF KNOWLEDGE THAT ENDED PHİLOSOPHY OR A THEORY OF LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION

As we learned from our classes, constructivism is a learner based teaching method. It doesn't rely on memorizing it relies on learning from doing or experiencing. Constructivist instruction focuses on how to generate rather than how to find. Researching is a mandatory act that has to be done prior to creating. There are many resources for research. Learners should be trained to scan information and use their creativity.

One of the things that draw my attention about constructivism is that, problem solving teaches students to consider multiple perspectives on a given situation. So in this scenario students can think outside of the box and can find solutions in a way that others can't.

And also traditional assessment is based on pen-and-paper tests whereby students demonstrate or reproduce knowledge in the form of short responses and multiple choice selection, which often inspire little personal engagement. Constructivist assessment engages the students' initiative and personal investment through journals, research reports, physical models, and artistic representations. Engaging the creative instincts develops a student's ability to express knowledge through a variety of ways. The student is also more likely to retain and transfer the new knowledge to real life.

Students also adapt learning to the real world, gaining problem-solving skills and ability to do a critical analysis of a given set of data. These skills enable the student to adapt to a constantly changing real world environment. Thus, classroom learning does not result in only  acquisition of a canon of absolute truth it also results in a resource of personal knowledge.

As a future teacher and a student i am against memorizing. We are going to school to learn, not to memorize the things i will not use in daily life or just to pass exams. If i learn what they teach me at school i can always remember them with a little mind refreshing. But if i just memorize it i probably will forgot it and can't even remember it. So as a teacher i don't want my students do a memorizing to pass my exams. I want them to learn what i teach them and use the things i teach them not only in school but also in real life.