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Garbett, Dawn – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
Constructivism posits that the teacher's role is to help their students to actively construct new understanding for themselves. Diagnosis of students' prior understanding followed by carefully planned teaching sequences enables learners to grasp hitherto unknown concepts. Assessing whether they can then apply their new knowledge in new contexts…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Science Teachers