by Ingrid Vila Tañà 8 years ago
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It is important to establish a relation between old and new knowledge
Teachers should help children to develop strategies to organize and use their knowledge in a future
Without giving them the solution
It is only a facilitator
Each person solve their problems based on their own experiences and knowledge
Each person has their own way of interpreting the world
Students construct knowledge based on their experiences depending on their biological, physical and mental stage of development
Stages
Formal Operations
Is able to hypothesize
Is able to abstract thinking
Concrete Operations
Logical structure based on their reality
Begins to think abstractly
Preoperational
Concrete physical situations
Is not able to conceptualize abstractly
Sensorimotor
Learning through senses and actions
Knowledge is limited
The new knowledge must be meaningful to connect with the previous one
Learning material has to be meaningful for students
Teachers should
Meaningful information and themes
Provide curiosity and motivation
Social interactions plays a fundamental role
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
Students have previous knowledge that allows them to do some tasks
Teachers need to work the ZPD giving them opportunities to join in interaction activites in which children are able to construct their own knowledge