Learning Log Chapter 7

What?
This chapter discussed the way information presented is combined with the perspective and experiences a person has had in life to create knowledge. As construction occurs, and students try to find a place for new information reconstruction errors occur. A way for people to get outside of their own understanding, or individual constructionsim, they learn and collaborate with others who may see things differently... social constructivism. Much like a type of assimilation, there are ways in which we organize information in order to make sense of it: concepts, schemas or scripts, theories, and worldviews.

So what?
Because students construct knowledge based on their own understandings paired with what I present, there are going to be variables I cannot control. So, what I can control must be...dealt with wisely and organized so the varied learners will be able to construct something wonderful with it!

Now what?
As a teacher, it will be important to establish a community of learners in order for students to learn from the varying experience bases their classmates, and teacher, come from so they can recognize the different ways of interpreting knowledge. Even though we all construct information differently, there are some ways that are illogical and so, in order to avoid misconceptions, it will be important to help students have access to valid forms of information so they can construct knowledge well. Some examples are: presenting expert's perspectives, promoting classroom dialogue, and assigning authentic activities.