Wednesday, 12 February 2014

Constructivism Curriculum

Constructivism is the focus on  big ideas which had been inspired by the work done in Reggio Emilia (Chaille, 2008).  Constructivism was founded by the theorist Vygotsky in the year 1995 (Chaille, 2008).The definition mentioned in the book “Constructivism across the Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms” is a theory of learning, that children are their own learners and they contrast their own knowledge and ideas with the interactions and experiences they have experienced around their social surrounding and environment. (Chaille, 2008). 


Here is the book if you want to purchase it for more information regrading Constructivism Curriculum 


References

Chaille, C. (2008). Constructivism across the Curriculum in Early Childhood Classrooms: Big Ideas 
as Inspiration. United States of America: Pearson Education

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