The Constructivist Turn in Education: Assessment of the Pedagogical and Methodological Implications of Adopting a Constructivist Framework in Education

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The Constructivist Turn in Education

Assessment of the Pedagogical and Methodological Implications of

Adopting a Constructivist Framework in Education

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The Constructivist Turn in Education

Assessment of the Pedagogical and Methodological Implications of Adopting a Constructivist Framework in Education

Education functions as one of the most important tools to help the individual and

the larger context , that is , society , within which the individual is a part of , to achieve progress . Given this , there is a felt need to address questions related to the philosophy of education It is important to note that every field has a philosophical foundation These philosophical foundations function as the (1 ) first principles and serve as the (2 ) foundations for any field in question . It may be inferred the above stated functions mirror the essential philosophical character of the diverse fields of human endeavor . It is within this sense that philosophy serves as a universally indispensable tool in the formation of any methodology and pedagogy

Educational theories are not only philosophically grounded . This is to say that different paradigms or frameworks , and the appropriateness of such , are also affected by a particular society 's experiences , history and ideologies . This is because it is , after all society , which ascribes value to things such as education . Educational theory then has a normative component hence a critical analysis of an educational theory necessitates not only an understanding of the is , but more importantly the ought dimension of education . The point that I wish to underscore is that the significant question , in this universe of discourse is , how education ought to proceed . In lieu of this , the foregoing discussion reveals the main assumptions of the constructivist framework as a pedagogy utilized in the field of education

Education as a discipline is based on the premise that individuals possess rational capacities for understanding . In relation to this , the function of education involves awakening and developing an individual 's rational capacities . Traditional methodology , however , has rigidly connected with the substantive aspect of education evident in the emphasis on substantive aspect of learning as opposed to the quantitative aspect of learning

This educational imbalance led to the preponderance of a culture of silence for the following reasons . First , an educational system that focuses on the substantive and quantitative aspects of learning fails to present the intrinsic value and the meaningfulness of ideas . Such a methodology leads the student to adhere to an infallibilistic epistemology and a relativistic conception of knowledge . Furthermore such a methodology fails to develop the necessary tools needed to process meaning . A piecemeal presentation of ideas leads the child to perceive knowledge of a particular phenomenon as a given which is independent and isolated from the development of ideas or from the progression of knowledge . Such a perception contradicts the fact that knowledge emerges only through...