The document discusses John Dewey's constructivist pedagogy from 1916. It advocates that effective teaching and learning occurs when student autonomy and initiative are accepted and encouraged, when the teacher asks open-ended questions and allows time for students to respond, and when students engage in dialogue with the teacher and each other. Students are engaged in experiences that challenge hypotheses and have meaning and importance to them, using raw data, primary sources, and interactive materials.

1. Derek Wenmoth
CORE Education Ltd
www.core-ed.org

4. Effective teaching and learning
Effective teaching and learning…
occurs when…
Teacher asks
Student autonomy Students engage
open-ended
and initiative in dialogue with
questions and
accepted and teacher and each
allows wait time
encouraged. other
for response
Knowledge and ideas emerge only
from a situation in which learners have
to draw them out of experiences that Students are
have meaning and importance to engaged in
them. experiences that
challenge
Class uses raw hypotheses
data, primary
Higher level sources, physical
thinking is and interactive
encouraged materials.
John Dewey – Constructivist Pedagogy, 1916

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