Constructivism

       Constructivism is a theory  learning by doing “it is a theory to explain how knowledge is constructed in the human being when new information comes into contact with existing knowledge that had been developed by experiences. Now the prior knowledge, information and experience, which was stored in the human brain,” and with new knowledge and information through that the new experience both experience and the new knowledge and information will be updated with old knowledge and information, and will  be constructed as a new learning process is called constructivism.  It is a learning theory by learning and doing.  It has its roots in cognitive psychology and biology and an approach to education that lays emphasis on the ways knowledge is created in order to adapt to the world. Constructs are the different types of filters we choose to place over our realities to change our reality from chaos to order.

                 Von Ernst von Glasersfeld (March 8, 1917) describes constructivism as “a theory of knowledge with roots in philosophy, psychology, and cybernetics”. Constructivism has implications for the theory of instruction. Discovery learning, hands-on, experiential, collaborate, project-based, tasked-based are a number of applications that base teaching and learning on constructivism.

                It is very different from other learning theories, because the learner learn  the knowledge through the  mental, cognitive  process of old information and experience and connect with new knowledge with new information and experience therefore the knowledge acquired by this method never forgotten from the human brain because the final process of knowledge was acquired by experience. And the Knowledge is constructed based on personal experiences and hypotheses of the environment.  “Learners continuously test these hypotheses through social negotiation. Each person has a different interpretation and construction of knowledge process". for example a student who read a article or hear the under water diving experience of his friends and now he got real chance of diving and experiences; so the prior knowledge of diving and new experience of diving both together construct in cognitive as a update of  prior knowledge will be stored as long lasting memory in human brain. The learner is not a blank slate but brings past experiences and cultural factors to a situation.

Referencing:       

1)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_%28learning_theory%29

 2)  http://www.learning-theories.com/constructivism.html