Constructivist+Curriculum



=//** Constructivist Curriculum (Sample Lesson Plans) **//= ====Over the past 3 weeks our group has been reflecting on Constructivism and how it has influenced our teaching practice. Below we have presented our own lessons as examples of how we have each applied constructivism in our own classrooms.==== ====If you have additional lesson plans or examples you would like to share that would be fantastic! **Feel free to add to the list**! Or, can you think of a current lesson plan that you could revamp using some of the tenets of Constructivism? We'd love to hear your thoughts on that too.====

**__Reminder__**: **The Constructivist Conditions of Learning** (Driscoll, 2005)
1. Embed learning in complex, realistic, and relevant environments 2. Social negotiation 3. Multiple perspectives, use of multiple modes 4. Ownership in learning 5. Self-awareness of knowledge in construction process

** __SAMPLE LESSON PLANS__ ** ||
 * **Lesson Title ** ||  **Description **  ||  **Lesson Links **  ||
 * **High School - Writing a Persuasive Essay** || This is a blended learning Moodle course that teaches students to reason, self-evatuate, write persuasively, and negotiate and debate with peers. || To access this website, click on [|COURSE].From this page then click on "Making an Argument- Beyond the Classroom" and sign in as a guest. Once in the course, go to the Writing Module first and then check out the Knowledge, Research, Introduction and Debate Modules in that order. ||
 * **Physical Education Class Example** || This is a sample of a dribbling lesson in a Basketball unit for a Grade 10, Physical Education class. || media type="custom" key="10921954"[[file:Constructivism - LESSON PLAN - PE.pdf]] ||
 * **Grade 4 Elementary Science Project** || The Gr. 4 Forces and Structures Unit can provide some good opportunities for hands-on, collaborative activities. The lesson plan outlines the culminating activity in the unit. Following your analysis of the activity have a look at the Constructivist Analysis. || [[file:Gr. 4 Elementary Science LP 511.pdf]]
 * **High School Wiki Poetry Unit** || This lesson is used as part of a blended learning class and is linked to a class wiki where students are required to construct their own pages, as well as collaborate with their peers in the class page. Various units in the English class are covered both face-to-face and via the wiki throughout the school term. || [[file:POETRY UNIT.pdf]]

|| || || || In many ways, computer programming is a highly rigid subject where it is difficult to adopt a constructivist classroom style. However, it all depends on the tools and languages your are using. Enter Scratch, a radical new programming language that teaches programming using constructivist principles. || Click here to learn more about using Scratch in your classroom! ||
 * **Grade 8 Constructivist Perimeter and Area Lesso****n** || The workshop is designed as an online lesson in Moodle and Googledocs for grades 8-9 in math as a rich open-ended problem with a conceptual focus in area and perimeter. This workshop includes an evaluation rubric for self and peer evaluation and an analysis of the constructivist principles used in the workshop. || [[file:Lesson Plan.pdf]]
 * **Grade 11/12 Biology Lesson: Application of the Scientific Method** || This lesson introduces the Scientific Method and then guides students through some online activities which aim to strengthen their understanding on this subject. After this students will work collaboratively by applying the Scientific Method and design their own experiment to determine the optimal conditions for growing bread mold. || [[file:1_Constructivist Lesson Plan in Biology.pdf]]
 * **Constructivism in Computer Science Education**