Constructivism posits that learning is an active, constructive process. The learner is an information constructor. People actively construct or create their own subjective representations of objective reality. New information is linked to prior knowledge.
The CSUDH College of Education says that we are, first and foremost, constructivist educators and that this philosophy of education is our cornerstone. All of our courses are to be led by this shared philosophy.
How are we doing with that?
If you were to give the College of Education a grade, where would we fall? An “A” would mean that your experience has been consistent and that each of your courses have operated from this constructivist philosophy. An “F” would mean that you think we’re all talk and no walk!
Now come one. Be honest. Your grade isn’t going to be affected by this; it’s just to get us all thinking about whether we’re congruent with what we say and how we act. (In other words, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas!”)
And if you’re still uncomfortable grading a program that you are currently in, then tell me what your personal philosophy of education is instead. You have to NAME a philosophy, too, not just describe it. So that may take a bit of researching the different philosophies if you don’t know them already.
You choose this week. Grade? Or Philosophy?