Constructivist Approach As Transforming Pedagogy: An Experiment With Elementary Classes

This study used an experimental method to examine the impact of Constructivist training on teacher’s pedagogy. The purpose of this study is to determine to what extent the Constructivist training has transformed the attitude of the teachers towards their teaching pedagogy. It should be noted out here that the teachers selected for training were already trained In-service teachers using Behaviourist approach/ traditional approach in their classroom. This article will discuss how the training of Constructivism to teachers has helped them to change their pedagogy from Teacher centred approach to Student centred approach of teaching-learning. Data was collected using Ahulwalia Attitude Inventory and Achievement test of Social science developed by researcher. This article will focus on teachers related themes, the most important being the change in teachers pedagogy. In Learner centred classroom, the classroom environment changed as teachers allowed students to take more ownership in the learning process. As teachers took on the role of facilitators, improvement in rapport with students became apparent, which results in improved academic achievement of the students. Changing from a teacher centred environment to one that is student centred can be challenging. As teachers who are in service, have long tradition of using traditional approach of teaching, changing their teaching pedagogy is a challenging task for them. But it has been found in this research that after giving training and seeing the positive impact of it on the achievement of the students, teachers were convinced to transform their teaching pedagogy for the benefit of the learners.

• Constructivism
• Achievement
• Training
• Teachers
• Students

Gupta, Neha (2018). A. Constructivist Approach As Transforming Pedagogy: An Experiment With Elementary Classes. IPEM JOURNAL OF INNOVATION IN TEACHER EDUCATION, 3(1), 42-47.