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Have you in your own education, your children’s education, or in a school you’ve taught at experienced a constructivist approach to education? If so, describe some of the impact (positive or negative) you experienced/witnessed.
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Absolutely! The constructive approace to life has become the norm for many parents.
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I think schools and learning need to be fun and students should feel they are in a place they can be themselves, do fun activities and enjoy themselves, but on the other hand, I think students need structure, routine and there are content that all need to master whether they enjoy it or not. I think that as teachers we should plan attractive lessons to make our students fall in love with knowledge.
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I have not taught in or sent my children to schools that were mostly using a constructivist approach to education. Yes, I agree kids need hands on learning and need to be actively engaged in learning, but I also believe they need structure. They cannot only learn the fun stuff. We need to teach our kids to be disciplined and work through the boring and hard parts of learning.
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I have not taught in an environment that has a predominantly constructivist approach to education. I know Montessori is really big in our area, but that consistently the children that transition out of Montessori into a traditional classroom really struggle with that transition.
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I have not experienced it myself. I have known families that have tried this approach home schooling. It works well when the parents are on top of it and the child has to complete work but can choose which subject to work on that day. It works terribly when the approach is if my child does not want to work on anything today that is fine.