Constructivist history lesson plans

A constructivist approach is thus an ideal approach when teaching history lessons

The approach emphasizes social skills and collaboration, and therefore students are allowed to form groups to discuss some of the challenging topics

Below are some of the top ways to successfully teach history using the constructivist approach

Any given activity or lesson plan can be considered more or less constructivist depending on how many, and to what extent, the four criteria have been incorporated

Table 1 provides a summary of the four criteria, identifying characterisitcs, and an exemplar lesson from the published literature

One of the benefits of a constructivist classroom is that students become aware of how learning occurs

The result is that they become better learners because they are always refining their learning process and strategies