{"id":4668,"date":"2019-06-01T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/braindevs.net\/blog\/blog\/?p=4668"},"modified":"2019-05-30T13:13:02","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T18:13:02","slug":"constructivism-in-the-brain-in-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/constructivism-in-the-brain-in-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Constructivism: In The Brain, In The Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this <a href=\"https:\/\/npjscilearncommunity.nature.com\/users\/33200-mike-hobbiss\/posts\/41828-constructivism-is-a-theory-of-learning-not-a-theory-of-pedagogy-neuroscience-explains-why-this-is-important\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">helpfully provocative post<\/a>, Mike Hobbiss argues that we often misapply the theory of <strong>constructivism<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/braindevs.net\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AdobeStock_128783839_Credit.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4669\" src=\"https:\/\/braindevs.net\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AdobeStock_128783839_Credit-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AdobeStock_128783839_Credit-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AdobeStock_128783839_Credit-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/AdobeStock_128783839_Credit-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For Hobbiss, the theory makes perfect sense when describing\u00a0<em>learning<\/em>. However, he\u00a0 worries that constructivism is unlikely to be helpful as a theory of\u00a0<em>pedagogy<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>As he argues, drawing on extensive neuroscientific research, we can help students construct their own understandings by creating\u00a0<em>multiple, partial, and overlapping<\/em>\u00a0mental schema.<\/p>\n<p>That kind of &#8220;constructivism as learning&#8221; might not be best fostered by &#8220;constructivism as teaching.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hobbiss offers this potentially controversial argument in measured and thoughtful tones. Even if you disagree with him &#8212; perhaps <em>especially<\/em> if you disagree with him &#8212; his ideas merit a careful read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is constructivism a theory of learning, or a theory of teaching? Mike Hobbiss offers a provocative answer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":4669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[15,17],"class_list":["post-4668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lb-blog","tag-classroom-advice","tag-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4668"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4672,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4668\/revisions\/4672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learningandthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}