Constructivism

What?
As I think about the class on constructivism I got the over all feeling of how to organize the information so that the students will be able to arrive to the conclusion with guided instruction. I found it interesting how we talked about students construction knowledge and using the construction process to complete a task. I thought that Laura, Kyla, and Jakob gave a great example of how to use knowledge construction as a teaching strategie. Knowledge construction entails so many strategies like: opportunities for experimentation, expert perspectives, conceptual understanding, classroom dialogue, authentic activities, theor construction, and creating a community of learners.
So what?
I think for me, I need to take this in consideration when writing my lesson plans. Take the time to write the lesson with constructivism in mind. I need to ask myself these questions, does this lesson have construction teaching strategies? Will the students be able to link future lesson to the concepts in this lesson? Is it giving the students the proper information so that they will be able to construct proper theories and outcomes? I think that the information needs to be in an organized fashion so that the students can construct knowledge.
Now what?
Now that I know what needs to go into my lessons so that I am providing a constructivism environment, I need to assess that the students are constructing the proper knowledge. I think that the hardest part of constructivism is it is hard for students to change. If they have a belief and it is false it is hard to over come and accept. one false belief could lead to many false beliefs. Again that is why proper assessment needs to be applied at all time.