read me!

I was recently reading through Victoria’s blog which provoked me to read an article she mentioned by Seymour Papert. In this article he breaks down the difference between constructionism and instructivism, which simplifies the meaning and thus makes it easier to comprehend. He stresses the point of “doing is learning” which made me think, that concept sums up my experiences in e-learning. The only way to learn and develop your computer skills is “to do”.

He also stresses that as teachers we shouldn’t merely copy paste ideas to use within the classroom but create our own examples of constructionism individual to each students needs. I strongly agree with Papert’s statment, as i believe learning should not be generic strategies and techniques applied to a class of individual students. For learning to be most effective a teacher must adapt their approaches, strategies, techniques and styles to suit each students individual learning needs. For example the different learning approaches such as the audio learner, visual, kinesthetic etc.

Papert’s article really got me thinking about my ambitions as a classroom teacher, and i hope to enforce my ideas/morals in a realistic setting and not just leave them aside when thrown into the classroom. This thought provoking article brings to the front important and interesting information tat i believe all teachers need to read and consider seriously.

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