Constructivist Teaching Strategies

An Audio Comment on Beyond the Bird Unit by Jennifer Robins

Basis of Beyond the Bird Unit

Using Constructivist Teaching Strategies to Enrich Lessons that go Beyond the Bird Unit

Problem-Based Learning

Inquiry-Based Learning

Project-Based Learning

Combining Strategies

The Problem with the Bird Units

Librarians did the work for the students

Students did not engage with the information

Students were not challenged to make their own inquiries

Preference for imposed questions instead of student generated questions

Enrich Learning through School Library Use

Curriculum Standards

Teacher and Teacher-Library Collaborations

Constructivist Teaching Issues:

motivation

social learning

problem solving

establishing credibility

assessment

References

Robins, J. (2005). Beyond the bird unit. Teacher Librarian,

33(2), 8-19.

http://search.ebscohost.com.libaccess.sjlibrary.org