Constructivist Learning

A constructivist approach
I envisage active, engaged learners, an enthusiastic teacher and a myriad of opportunities for the children to learn with and from each other,using quality resources.
"Constructivism does not claim to have made earth-shaking inventions in the area of education; it merely claims to provide a solid conceptual basis for some of the things that, until now, inspired teachers had to do without theoretical foundation. "von Glasersfeld see: Summary: http://www.cdli.ca/~elmurphy/emurphy/cle6.html

I have chosen the image of a beehive to represent a place of interconnectedness. My ideal learning space would be home to a beehive of activity in a series of linked spaces. There would be a room with nothing at all in it besides musical instruments and a sound system. There would be a room like a conventional classroom with desks, chairs and computers. There would be smaller rooms leading off these, for group or individual work. Ideally, the space would include a kitchen and a garden, and doors wide open to community involvement. Bright colours,organic Gaudi-inspired architecture,big windows open to the world...

Education is not "teaching a fact for its own sake, but for teaching children to go on beyond what is given." It should never become "just a transmission of what we know, without a sense of what is possible." Jerome Bruner