#constructivity

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218 --- Constructivity

For my class, ‘Interactive Technology & Systems’, the class has been asked to define what the title of the paper is. This seems like a very strange way for a university paper to operate. Asking the class to define what is being learned within the class seems ridiculous. I don’t know what I don’t know.  The lecturer criticised previous students who had simply looked up the term in Google and used the first result as the definition of Interactive Technology. I understand the criticism but this seems to imply that using the colloquial understanding of the term is not valid. This makes the assignment rather arbitrary. 

I recently asked the Youtuber Anna Elizabeth (who is currently studying teaching) on her views on education. She spoke about two different pedagogies, behaviorist (direct instruction) and constructivist.  The University course I am taking appears to me to be mostly constructivist and this is one of the reasons I love the degree I am taking. However, I am starting to understand some of the weaknesses of this type of education. As without a strong drive or curiosity of a given topic, constructivism will not be beneficial towards the student’s education. This is because, without any direct instruction, it comes down to a matter of chance of whether or not the student is on the same wavelength as the teacher.  Even worse, when the teacher works on the assumption of a ‘behaviorist-style’ theory of knowledge, where all knowledge is only valid when referenced from an authoritative source, this seriously clashes with constructivist ideas of knowledge. I hold a firm belief in Constructivity, the idea of being able to tacitly build ideas from common knowledge and experience.

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The Wall Street Journal is getting poetic and I don't like it.