Constructivism - Students construct their knowledge though experiments.
You don't tell them 1+1 = 2 you give them manipulatives and they figure
it out. Teachers are supposed to be facilitators not give information.
Kimberly Herbert
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From: sharon@art-rageous.net [mailto:sharon@art-rageous.net]
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 10:04 PM
To: ArtsEdNet Talk
Subject: Re: teaching method?
<<Has anyone heard of a teaching method called constructivism? What is
it?>>
LOL--I know I had a book on this during a secondary methods class.
Since I
remember NOTHING about it, I guess it didn't make that much of an
impression
on me!