Constructed by Constructivism
Constructivism is a learning theory which I like to call "real world" or "hands on experience." This learning theory relates ways of learning to real world problems or simply gets the students more involved so that the learning applies to and stays with them. In my personal opinion I believe that Constructivism is the most effective and important learning theory. Not enough curriculum today applies to real world experiences, and so much of school is just sitting in a classroom when students should instead be having hands on learning experiences. In my own experience I have always learned better this way. For example, I have always had a very hard time grasping a lot of science concepts, but once we did an actual lab or experiment where these concepts were applied I found myself able to understand. As for real world experiences in learning I was able to do an elementary school internship in high school which gave me the opportunity to investigate my future career. T...