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bobthebuilder

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Describe Bruner's discovery approach to learning and relate it to the theory of constructivism. How does this approach depart from traditional educational practice?
 
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Explain why a constructivist-oriented teacher would use a virtual environment such as Quest Atlantis to promote the goals of the constructivist approach to learning.
 
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Answer to Question 1

Discovery learning was one of Jerome Bruner's ideas for improving school learning.
Bruner maintained that traditional approaches to instruction focus too much on preselected and prearranged materials that result in learning that does not generalize beyond the classroom. Rather, he believed that teachers should confront students with problems and help them seek solutions independently, or through group discussions. In his theory, the most important things that students can learn are to discover how ideas relate to each other and to their existing knowledge, and how to independently solve problems. This is best accomplished through personal discovery. This is a constructivist approach to learning, which emphasizes the individual's interpretation and creation of ideas based upon past experience and current interactions with the learning environment. By contrast, traditional educational
practice reflects a transmission model. A subject-matter expert (the teacher) provides to novices (students) a predetermined body of knowledge, often in the absence of a meaningful context. If a context is provided, it is that of the teacher or some other subject-matter expert.

Answer to Question 2

Environments like Quest Atlantis provide (1) collaboration among students who often differ in characteristics and background, (2) complex and realistic problems to solve, and (3) an environment in which students can construct their own understanding of concepts and problem solving skills.



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