Constructivist Perspective

Children are viewed as constructing their own system of knowledge, intelligence, morality, and personality. The emphasis is on learning through action. While "action" refers to mental action, young children are most active mentally when they are physically engaged in figuring out how to do something. What distinguishes the constructivist approach from other models that stress active learning is that children learn by inferring from what they do and creating a system of knowledge from this activity. The general principle of constructivism is that children create a coherent system of knowledge based on their interactions with the world. The constructivist perspective on learning allows students to relate problem solving techniques along with discovery.

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