Compare and contrast the constructivist and direct instruction approaches to learning.
What will be an ideal response?
The constructivist approach is a learner-centered approach that emphasizes the importance of individuals actively constructing their own knowledge and understanding with guidance from the teacher. In the constructivist view, teachers should not attempt to simply pour information into children's minds. Children should be encouraged to explore their world, discover knowledge, reflect, and think critically, all with careful monitoring and meaningful guidance from the teacher. Today, constructivism may include an emphasis on collaboration-children working with each other in their efforts to know and understand. By contrast, the direct instruction approach is a structured, teacher-centered approach that is characterized by teacher direction and control, high teacher expectations for students' progress, maximum time spent by students on academic tasks, and efforts by the teacher to keep negative affect to a minimum. An important goal in the direct instruction approach is maximizing student learning time.
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