Traditional Classroom Vs Constructivist Classroom

Traditional classroom

• Begins with parts of the whole emphasizes basic skills
• Students mostly work alone or individually
• Strict adherence to teaching content.
• Students are viewed as "blank slates on which information is to be written
• Teachers behave in didactic manner
• Assessment is done only through testing
• Teacher centred
• Learning emphasises the product

Constructivist Classroom

• Begins with the whole expands to parts
• Students work individually and in collaboration
• Value is given to student questions or interests
• Students are viewed as thinkers with a lot of views about the world.
• Teachers behave in interactive manner
• Assessment is done through student works, observations, points of view, tests.
• Learner centred
• Learning emphasises the process.