Social

Constructivism

Group
members :
Victoriano Paquiul

Nesymien Reyes

 OVERVIEW

Lev Vygotsky's Constructivist theory, is often

called Social Constructivism.

According to Vygotsky Culture gives the child

the cognitive tools needed for development.

Adults such as parents and teachers are

conduits for the tools of the culture, including
language.
The tools Culture provides a child
include culture history, social
context, and language.

Today they also include electronic

forms of information access.
 What is social
constructivism?

Emphasises the importance of culture

and context in understanding what
occurs in society and constructing
knowledge on this understanding.

The study states that culture plays a

large role in the cognitive development
of a person. Its origins are largely
attributed to Lev Vygotsky.
 Assumptions
Knowledge is a product of human
interaction.

Knowledge is socially and culturally

constructed that in influenced by the group
and its own environment.

Learning is a social activity.

 Examples of Social Constructivist
Classroom Activities
Social Constructivism: Whole Language

Social Constructivism: Collaborative

Learning

Social Constructivism: Situated Learning

Social Constructivism: Anchored

Instruction

Social Constructivism: Games, Simulations,

Cases, and ProblemSolving
 Whole Language

Whole Language approaches tend to

emphasise writing about what the child
already knows and can explain verbally.
 Collaborative
Learning

Learning is promoted through

collaboration. - Collaboration among
student, and between Student and
Teacher.
 Situaded
Learning

Students learn many things in

school produce "inert" knowledge. -
knowledge that can be used to
answer items on a school test but
which is not available to the student
when he or she is trying to solve a
problem that requires that
knowledge.
 Anchored
Instruction
The anchored instruction
approach is an attempt to help
students become more actively
engaged in learning by situating
or anchoring instruction around
an interesting topic.

Principles of Anchored
Instruction.

Learning and Teaching Activities

Instructional Materials
 Games, Simulations, Cases and

Problem Solving

All four of the instructional

approaches covered in this
section involves students in
interesting, "real" activities. We
say "real" even though many
games are clearly not realistic.
 Scenario
in a social Constructivist class room, students are actively engaged in
constructing thier own understanding of scientific concepts through
collaboration and discussion with thier peers. the teacher facilitates this
process by asking through - provoking questions and providing
opportunities for students to explore and experiment with the concept.
at the beginning of the video the students were in class, (unmotivated
students) Shallow processing leads to poor retention and recall of
information.
Individual classroom poorly prepares students for " real life'
collaboration.
Children are not empty vessels to be filled. however, pure
constructivism. Can children be held solely responsible for thier own
learning? children cannot run the classroom.
students picking what they learn, means the essentials may not be
covered, students will perform poorly.
Social constructivist classrooms foster motivation in students,
prepare students for real life interactions as adults and allow for
deeper, more meaningful learning.

 References:
1.)Gergen, K.j. (1985). The social Constructionist

Movement in Modern Psychology. American

Psychologist, 40(3), 266-275
2.) Wertsch, J.V. (1991). voices of the Mind: A
sociocultural Approach to Mediated Action. Harvard
University press.
3.) Vygotsky, L.S. (1978). Mind in society: The
Development of Higher Psychological Process,
Harvard University press.
Thank
you!!