Training programme for KRPs on constructivist pedagogy at secondary level from SC/ST dominated areas

Abstract

Constructivist teaching is based on constructivist learning theory. Constructivist teaching is based on the belief that learning occurs as learners are actively involved in a process of meaning and knowledge construction as opposed to passively receiving information. Learners are the makers of meaning and knowledge Constructivist teaching fosters critical thinking and creates motivated and independent learners. This theoretical framework holds that learning always builds upon knowledge that a student already knows this prior knowledge is called a schema because all learning is filtered through per-existing schemata. Constructivists suggest that learning is more effective when a student is actively engaged in the learning process rather than attempting to receive knowledge passively. A wide variety of methods claim to be based on constructivist learning theory. Most of these methods rely on some form of guided discovery where the teacher avoids direct instruction and attempts to lead the student through questions and activities to discover, discuss, appreciate and verbalize the new knowledge.