Constructivism In Special Needs Classroom

This article talks about how teachers use the constructivism theory in a special needs classroom and are able to engage students who might otherwise not be engaged. The author writes how teachers use constructivism in special needs classrooms effectively. Most of the examples within the article relate to children with special needs, although there were a few examples of use in a mainstream classroom. In the article it talks about the need for teachers to let the students initiate conversations within the classroom and also allow students more time to answer questions posed in class. The author explains how the conversation can flow uninterrupted by the teacher and the students gain ideas from other students while conversing. Teachers also encourage

The weakness in the article would be that I would have like to have seen examples of how students with more severe learning problems could benefit from this theory.

The article was very effective in showing what a great benefit a constructivism classroom can be to students with learning disabilities. The appropriateness of using special classrooms to show effective constructivism teaching was a great way to showcase a different learning style. For students with learning disabilities it can be difficult to find a teacher strategy that works. This article shows how constructivism can be very effective for these students.

In both the textbook and article by Watson it talks about using constructivism in all subjects and allowing the students to be actively engaged in their learning. This is done in the article by examples of teachers allowing students to use their hands to create things and their voices to share their opinions with other students and create dialog amongst each other in the classroom. The textbook also talked about students being given the chance to be involved in their learning and being able to learn not just in the classroom but outside of it as well. Which was also stated in the