Social Constructivism in Middle Childhood

Defining Social Constructivism;

 Lev Vygotsky (Social Constructivist)

 

Social constructivism as defined by theorists is a co-construction between the facilitator (teacher) and the learner; it gives the children a chance to have a voice in the classroom, as well as letting them decide what they want to learn.

 

The teachers as seen as facilitators, and the students as learners who work together to exchange experiences and views in order to promote learning.

 

(https://gsi.berkeley.edu/teachingguide/theories/social.html)

 

 

Middle Childhood:

- Stage of development that occurs between the  ages 6 to 12 is a time when children develop skills for building healthy social relationships and learn roles that will lay ground work for a lifetime

 

- Middle childhood is marked by several types of advances in learning and understanding. During this period, in school and wherever they spend time, children acquire the fundamental skills considered to be important by their culture, such as reading and arithmetic. Skills of self-awareness also develop dramatically in middle childhood

 

(https://www.princeton.edu/futureofchildren/publications/journals/article/index.xml?journalid=48&articleid=232&sectionid=1518)