Constructivist+Approach

=The Socio-constructivist = The socio constructivist approach implies that the learner is responsible for their own learning. They are motivated by activity and always engaged with the learning process. The learners aren’t relying on the teacher to preach information to them but rather are accountable for finding it out for themselves. This means that the learner constructs their own meaning and then reports on it. They simply don’t re-tell it from a book. I liken to this approach and feel it is necessary to engage with, but the learner’s confidence has to be sufficient in his or her potential feelings to allow the outcome to be most useful. I feel this web quest I have created allows for this approach to be met. The way I have provided certain activities, like using the interactive white board and the PowerPoint for displaying research that they have found on their own accord, on the internet, is demonstrating that the learners are actively searching for the research material and picking out the main points that they placed on the power point. I have encouraged the opinion of the individual through the use of the journal that the kids will have created at the end of the task on the rainforest. By having a journal the student is able to reflect on what he or she liked/ disliked, and how she or he felt that they engaged with the assignment. Overall socio-constructivist theory I feel has definitely been incorporated in this web quest.