Teaching, Learning and the World's Stage

The article that Esra has reflected on was of real interest to me. I was unsure of what both instructionism and constructivism were. I have learnt from this blog that, instructionism is to teach students through instructions to ensure learning, a chalk and talk approach to teaching. Whereas, constructionism is a student centred learning approach. That is students develop ideas and gather information on a topic area, experiential learning. Constructionism should be a teaching method used within the class to engage the students whilst encouraging a deeper learning and higher order thinking of the topic area. This can be achieved if students are able to use the internet to engage in their own areas of interest.

I found it relevant as a newly qualified teacher, if we are to undertake a new form of teaching, that being utilising the use of ICT within the classroom then it is imperative that the computer is both the instructor and the constructor. No longer is the teacher the instructor, in this changing world the computer shoud now be utilised as an effective form of education. If we are to engage students of the 21st Century in the classroom then we are required to utilise the computer, internet and blogging.

Whether this is possible in both my KLA and Esra's KLA is yet to be determined.....I guess will have to wait and see.