{"id":1471,"date":"2018-10-10T10:09:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T14:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/?p=1471"},"modified":"2018-10-10T10:15:15","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T14:15:15","slug":"constructivism-in-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2018\/10\/constructivism-in-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Constructivism in the Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"

As someone who enjoys science, how excited do you get to go to History class? What about English class? Probably not very excited. But what if those teachers implemented activities in their classroom with the purpose to get students who enjoy science, like you, interested and involved in their subjects too? That might make things a little better, huh?<\/p>\n

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Well, science teachers have to make accommodations for students who are the least bit interested in science too! So how do they do that?<\/p>\n

The article, “Engaging Non-Science Majors in Biology, One Disease at a Time,”<\/strong> from The American Biology Teacher has some great ideas!<\/p>\n

The article states, “One approach to maintaining student interest is inspired by the constructivist view of learning, which posits that individuals interpret new experiences on the basis of previous knowledge and established ideas.”<\/p>\n

According to Rebecca Garcia (author of that article), “Constructivism<\/strong> in an educational setting is defined as an active process of learning that incorporates students’ experiences and ideas as motivation to generate knowledge and meaning<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

Here is a video that has some examples of using constructivism in the classroom:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Constructivism: Overview & Practical Teaching Examples – Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com<\/a><\/p>\n


\nHere is what Teresa Greely has to say about being a science teacher to non science majors:<\/strong><\/p>\n